Patent ID: 7887366
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector for a cable, comprising: a connector body having a first, open end and a second end; an inner sleeve extending at least partially through said connector body and defining a central passage through which a conductor portion of the cable is received and a channel between said connector body and said sleeve; a fastener rotatably mounted adjacent said second end of said connector body; a shell received about and slideable along said connector body, said shell having a first end, a second end, and a shoulder formed along an intermediate portion thereof and defining a reduced inner diameter portion adjacent said first end of said shell, said shoulder having a shoulder surface that is parallel with a surface on said first open end; and a pliable gasket received within said channel and adapted to engage and compress about a jacket portion of the cable that is received within said channel between said connector body and said shell as said shell is moved axially along said connector body.