Patent ID: 8876550
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coaxial cable connector for coupling an end of a coaxial cable, the coaxial cable having a center conductor surrounded by a dielectric, the dielectric being surrounded by a conductive grounding shield, the conductive grounding shield being surrounded by a protective outer jacket, the connector comprising: a conductive body member including a forward body end portion and an opposing rearward body end portion, the rearward body end portion configured to receive a portion of the coaxial cable, the forward body end portion having a forward facing body portion that comprises a forward most surface of the conductive body member and a conductive member outer body contact portion of a surface extending at least partially in a radial direction when the connector is assembled; a post member configured to engage the conductive body member, wherein the post member is not integral with the conductive body member, the post member having a forward end including a flange and a rearward end, the rearward end configured to be inserted into a portion of the coaxial cable around the dielectric and under at least a portion of the conductive grounding shield thereof to make electrical contact with the conductive grounding shield of the coaxial cable; a conductive nut member configured to rotate relative to the post member and the conductive body member, the conductive nut member including a forward nut end portion configured to be coupled to an interface port, a rearward nut end portion, and an internal lip, the internal lip having a forward lip surface facing the forward nut end portion and a rearward lip surface facing the rearward nut end portion; a conductive metal ring grounding member including a nut contact portion configured to be electrically coupled to the conductive nut member and a body contact portion configured to at least partially encircle a portion of the conductive body member and be electrically coupled to the conductive member outer body contact portion of the conductive body member without contacting the forward facing body portion of the conductive body member so as to form a nut-body electrical circuit between the conductive nut member and the conductive member outer body contact portion of the conductive body member, extend electromagnetic shielding from the coaxial cable through the connector, and inhibit RF ingress into the connector when the connector is assembled; wherein the flange of the post member is configured to electrically contact the internal lip of the conductive nut member so as to form a first electrical ground path between the post member and the conductive nut member, and wherein the conductive metal ring grounding member forms a second electrical ground path between the post member and the conductive nut member when the connector is assembled; and wherein the conductive metal ring grounding member is configured to maintain the second electrical ground path in an unbroken state, where the conductive metal ring grounding member is in electrical contact with the post member and the conductive nut member, even when the first electrical ground path is in a broken state, where the flange of the post member is not in electrical contact with the internal lip of the conductive nut member.