Patent ID: 7160149
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A coaxial connector comprising: a connector assembly having a first axis and axially spaced first and second ends, the connector assembly comprising a first contact assembly and a second contact assembly, the connector assembly further comprising: a) a first receiver having a first state in which the first receiver defines a first receptacle for a first wire with a first effective diameter, a first conductor on the first wire electrically connected to the first contact assembly with the first wire in operative engagement with the connector assembly and b) a second receiver having a first state in which the second receiver defines a second receptacle for a second wire with a second effective diameter, a second conductor on the second wire electrically connected to the second contact assembly with the second wire in operative engagement with the connector assembly; and a securing assembly, the securing assembly and connector assembly cooperating with, and movable relative to, each other so as to be changeable between a pre-assembly state and an assembled state, the first receiver changeable from its first state into a second state wherein the first receptacle has a third effective diameter that is less than the first effective diameter as an incident of the securing assembly and connector assembly being changed from the pre-assembly state into the assembled state, the first wire in operative engagement with the connector assembly held more securely in the first receptacle with the first receiver in the second state than with the first receiver in its first state.