Patent ID: 7153159

Claim:
An electrical connector for attachment to a coaxial cable, the coaxial cable comprising a center conductor and a dielectric layer surrounding the center conductor, the electrical connector comprising: a longitudinal axis; a back end for receiving the coaxial cable; a front end; a body; a post fixedly mounted within the body; and a contact assembly movably mounted to the post, the contact assembly comprising: a guide, a pin fixedly mounted to the guide, the pin having a front end and a back end, wherein the back end defining a bore, and a clip mounted within the bore for making electrical and mechanical contact with the center conductor of the coaxial cable, the clip fixedly mounted to the back end of the pin; wherein the contact assembly is capable of moving along the longitudinal axis toward the front end of the electrical connector in response to insertion of the coaxial cable into the back end of the electrical connector, wherein the front end of the pin protrudes from the body when the coaxial cable is fully inserted into the back end of the electrical connector.