Patent ID: 7507117
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coaxial cable connector attached to a coaxial cable connector, comprising: an outer body; an inner body; a post interconnected with the inner body; a plurality of threads inside a first end of the outer body; a shoulder on an end of the post; a shoulder on an inside of the outer body adjacent the plurality of threads; a spring disposed between the shoulder of the post and the shoulder of the outer body; a compression sleeve disposed to fit between a second end of the outer body and an end of the inner body; a combination of the post, the inner body, and the compression sleeve movable within the outer body between a first position and a second position, and between the second position and the first position; wherein the first position is equivalent to a state in which the connector is not screwed completely onto an equipment port, and wherein the second position is equivalent to a state in which the connector is screwed completely onto the equipment port; wherein when the combination is in the first position, an indicator on the compression sleeve does not extend outward beyond an edge of the second end of the outer body such that the indicator is not visible to a user; and wherein when the combination is in the second position, the indicator on the compression sleeve extends outward beyond the edge of the second end of the outer body such that the indicator is visible to the user.