Patent ID: 7794274

Claim:
An RF connector assembly comprising: a first connector housing with a first end constructed for connectably receiving a terminal assembly end of a first coaxial cable; a second connector housing with a first end constructed for connectably receiving a complementary terminal assembly end of a second coaxial cable; wherein said terminal assembly end and said complementary terminal assembly end are complementarily constructed for engagement to each other; said first and second connector housings being constructed at their respective second ends to connect to one another; said first connector housing receiving a conductive tubular shield configured to radially surround and electrically connect to said terminal assembly end of said first coaxial cable; and said tubular shield having a set of resilient radially inwardly extending contact fingers for radially surrounding and electrically connecting to said complementary terminal assembly end of said second coaxial cable when said second connector housing is connected to said first connector housing; wherein said tubular shield has a second set of resiliently radially inwardly extending contact fingers for radially surrounding and electrically connecting to said terminal assembly end in said first connector housing; and wherein the respective first and second set of contact fingers extend inwardly from a respective end of said shield and each contact finger in the respective first and second set of contact fingers has an arcuate shape, and said tubular shield has an axially extending seam.