Patent ID: 6971912

Claim:
An assembly for connecting a coaxial cable with a conductive sheath and a surrounding insulating jacket to a threaded male connecting port, the connecting assembly comprising: a tubular fitting having a central axis and axially spaced first and second ends, the tubular fitting comprising a rotatable nut assembly at the first end to threadably engage a threaded male connecting port, the tubular fitting further comprising a cylindrical connecting body for engaging a conductive sheath on a coaxial cable, the tubular fitting further comprising a sleeve assembly around the connecting body, the sleeve assembly and connecting body cooperatively defining a cable-engaging assembly and configured so that an insulating jacket on a coaxial cable operatively connected to the connecting assembly is captively located between the sleeve assembly and connecting body, the rotatable nut assembly having a first shoulder and the cable-engaging assembly having a second shoulder, the first and second shoulders selectively engageable to allow at least a part of the rotatable nut assembly to be pivoted around the central axis to bear the first shoulder against the second shoulder and thereby urge at least a part of the cable-engaging assembly in movement around the central axis.