Patent ID: 8336197
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector attaching tool for attaching a coaxial cable connector to a coaxial cable end by longitudinal compression of the coaxial cable connector, the connector attaching tool comprising: a tool body defining therein a connector compression chamber and a plunger receiving chamber longitudinally adjacent thereto; a plunger comprising a plunger head within the plunger receiving chamber and a plunger shaft extending outwardly therefrom, said plunger having a bore extending therethrough to receive an outwardly extending end of an inner conductor of the coaxial cable end; a handle carried by said tool body and being movable from a retracted position to a compressed position for advancing said plunger shaft to drive said plunger head to longitudinally compress the coaxial cable connector within the connector compression chamber to thereby attach the coaxial cable connector to the coaxial cable end; a seating indicator carried by the bore of said plunger for contacting the outwardly extending end of the inner conductor of the coaxial cable end to thereby indicate seating of the coaxial cable end into the coaxial cable connector.