Patent ID: 7976339
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connector for a coaxial cable that has a dielectric insulator encasing a central conductor, at least one shield layer around the dielectric insulator, and an outer jacket over the at least one shield layer, the connector comprising: a mandrill comprising a sleeve that defines a bore to receive the dielectric insulator of the coaxial cable, the sleeve being engageable with the cable beneath the at least one shield layer; a head engageable with the mandrill, the head being adapted to operatively connect the cable to a mating connection; a retainer attached to the mandrill, the retainer comprising a generally cylindrical wall concentric to the sleeve of the mandrill; and a bushing having a mouth at one end, the mouth having a first diameter to receive the cable, the other end of the bushing having a second diameter slideably engaged with the retainer, the bushing permitting visual verification of receipt of the cable and engagement of the sleeve beneath the at least one shield layer of the cable as the cable is moved through the bushing into the mandrill, wherein the sleeve of the mandrill and the mouth of the bushing bearing a mechanical load by squeezing the jacket of the cable between the mouth of the bushing and the sleeve of the mandrill to affix the connector to the cable as the bushing is slideably moved from a first position remote from the head to a second position proximal the head.