Patent ID: 7021947

Claim:
An assembly for connecting a coaxial cable to a connecting port, the connecting assembly comprising: a tubular fitting having a central axis and axially spaced first and second ends, the tubular fitting operatively engageable with a coaxial cable directed into axially overlapping relationship with the tubular fitting at the first end of the tubular fitting, the tubular fitting comprising a first connecting assembly comprising a first connecting part that is movable around the central axis selectively in (a) a first direction to a secured state and (b) oppositely to the first direction from the secured state into a released state, the first connecting part in the secured state maintaining a coaxial cable, operatively engaged with the tubular fitting, connected to the connecting port; and a shield assembly that blocks radial access to the first connecting assembly in a manner that allows the first connecting part to be accessed and moved from the secured state into the released state with the shield assembly in an operative state, the shield assembly cooperating with the tubular fitting to allow the shield assembly to be placed, and maintained, in the operative state by movement of the shield assembly axially relative to the tubular fitting in a direction from the second end of the tubular fitting towards the first end of the tubular fitting, wherein there is a first shoulder on the tubular fitting facing a first axial direction and a second shoulder on the shield assembly facing oppositely to the first axial direction, at least a part of at least one of the tubular fitting and shield assembly deformable to allow the first and second shoulders to move past each other as the shield assembly is moved into the operative state, whereupon the first and second shoulders confront each other to block separation of the shield assembly and tubular fitting by relative axial movement away from each other.