Patent ID: 7931498

Claim:
A coaxial cable connector for connecting a coaxial cable to an RF port, the coaxial cable connector comprised of: a fastener comprising a forward end and a rearward end and including an axial bore therethrough having a shoulder proximate to the rearward end; a tubular post comprising a central bore, a flange engaged with the shoulder in the axial bore of the fastener, a bonding region, and a tubular extension extending rearwardly from the bonding region and terminating at an annular barb; a connector body comprising a deformable wall having an axial bore therethrough, the axial bore having a forward region joined to the bonding region of the tubular post, and a rearward region surrounding the tubular extension of the tubular post to form a first annulus; and a compression cap movable between a first position not engaged with the connector body to a second position engaged with the connector body, the compression cap configured to receive a prepared coaxial cable, and comprising: an integral compression ferrule comprised of a forwardly extending length of ferrule wall bounded by an inner bore surface, a forward end, and an outer surface; a bottom region extending radially outwardly from a rearward end of the forwardly extending ferrule wall; and a sleeve wall extending forwardly from the bottom region, terminating at a forward end, and forming a second annulus between the sleeve wall and the ferrule wall; wherein when the compression cap is advanced axially from the first position to the second position, the rearward region of the connector body is received in the second annulus and forms a constriction between the annular barb of the tubular post and the inner bore surface of the ferrule wall.