Patent ID: 8070504

Claim:
A coaxial cable interface port locking terminator comprising: an outer terminator housing; an inner connector body housed within the outer terminator housing, wherein the inner connector body includes internal threads configured to engage external threads of a coaxial cable interface port; and a ratcheting device including a first ratcheting ring attached to the outer terminator housing having a first ratcheting surface and a second ratcheting ring attached to the inner connector body having a second ratcheting surface, wherein the second ratcheting ring rotates with the inner connector body, the ratcheting device preventing rotation of the outer terminator housing with respect to the inner connector body when the outer terminator housing is rotated in the first direction, the ratcheting device including at least one separate component from the outer terminator housing and the inner connector body; wherein rotation of the outer terminator housing in a second direction does not cause rotation of the inner connector body in the second direction wherein the first ratcheting surface is axially opposed to the second ratcheting surface.