Patent ID: 7416448

Claim:
A plug or socket connectable to a coaxial cable having a plurality of conductors and a tubular shielding surrounding all of the conductors, the plug or socket being formed of several subassemblies and comprising: an electrically conductive casing sleeve defining an axis and receiving the coaxial cable with the tubular shielding in electrical contact with the casing sleeve; an electrically insulating holder fitted in the casing sleeve and having an axially throughgoing and central passage generally at the axis and an array surrounding the axis of axially throughgoing outer passages that lie between the central passage and the casing sleeve; respective contacts in the central and outer passages, the contacts in the outer passages each having a press-fit connection secured to a respective one of the conductors; and a conductive contacting element separate from but in electrical contact with the casing sleeve and with the contact in the central passage, the contacting element forming an electrical connection between the central contact and the shielding, the contacting element having at one end an eye gripping the contact in the center passage and an outer end electrically connected to the casing sleeve.