Patent ID: 7837501
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A jumper sleeve being fitted on a F-type coaxial cable structure for connecting and disconnecting a male F connector of the F-type coaxial cable structure to and from a female F connector on an electronic device, the male F connector having a connecting ring rotatably provided at a front end thereof, and a coaxial cable being extended from a rear end of the male F connector, the connecting ring having a threaded inner surface and a shaped outer surface, the jumper sleeve comprising: a wrench portion being a tubular element having a leading end, a trailing end, and a hollow main body located between the leading end and the trailing end; a shaped portion being formed in the main body for receiving the shaped outer surface of the connecting ring therein; and a grip portion being a hollow element having an annular front end and a rear end, the front end of the grip portion being connected to the trailing end of the wrench portion, and the grip portion having a plurality of circumferentially spaced externally convex sections; wherein each of the externally convex sections of the grip portion has a radially inward protruded inner key formed near the rear end of the grip portion to prevent the male F connector from slipping out of the rear end of the grip portion; wherein when the jumper sleeve is mounted to an assembled male F-Type cable structure and the male F-Type connector is fully inserted into the jumper sleeve, a gripping force may be applied to the grip portion to permanently affix the jumper sleeve to the male F-Type connector.