Patent ID: 6960101
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A signal line connector comprising: a locknut, said locknut having an inner thread in a first end thereof for threading onto an outer thread at a adapter and a coupling portion in a second end thereof; a center holding down tube coupled to the coupling portion of said locknut, said center holding down tube comprising a tube body, a barbed portion at one end of said tube body, a receiving portion at an opposite end of said tube body, and a passage hole axially extended through the receiving portion, tube body and barbed portion of said center holding down tube; a hollow cylindrical casing mounted to said center holding down tube, said hollow cylindrical casing comprising a coupling neck axially extended from a rear end thereof and press-fitted into the coupling portion of said locknut to hold down said center holding down tube, a rear coupling hole, which accommodates the receiving portion of said center holding down tube, a front coupling hole, and an inside annular groove in said front coupling hole; and a locating barrel plugged into the front coupling hole of said hollow cylindrical casing, said locating barrel comprising a first outside annular flange and a second outside annular flange respectively extended around the periphery thereof for selectively engaging the inside annular groove of said hollow cylindrical casing; wherein said locating barrel further comprises a pressure collar extended around the periphery thereof and spaced between said first outside annular flange and said second outside annular flange, said pressure collar and said second outside annular flange having different outer diameters, and an outside annular groove extended around the periphery thereof and defined between said pressure collar and said second outside annular flange.