Patent ID: 8172611

Claim:
An assembly for connecting a coaxial cable end to a threaded port, the connecting assembly comprising: a fitting to which an end of a coaxial cable can be connected; a nut joined to the fitting and having a first set of threads, the nut turnable in a tightening direction around a central axis of the connecting assembly to progressively engage the first set of threads with a second set of threads on a port, the nut having an outer surface at which a first edge, facing circumferentially in a first direction, is defined; and a sleeve surrounding the nut and comprising a body with a first reconfigurable finger extending in a circumferential direction and upon which a second edge, facing circumferentially in a second direction oppositely to the first direction, is defined, the second edge brought into bearing engagement with the first edge as the sleeve is turned in the tightening direction around the central axis so that the nut follows movement of the sleeve to secure the nut to a port, the sleeve movable continuously relative to the nut around the central axis in a loosening direction that is opposite to the tightening direction.