Patent ID: 7476119

Claim:
A plug connector for use with coaxial cable having a side, an end and a central signal wire comprising: a base having an axial bore therein defined by a side wall adapted to receive the end of a coaxial cable; a signal conducting probe member having one end adapted to conductively engage the central signal wire of the coaxial cable; a threaded bore extending transversely through said side wall; and a threaded screw member having an inner end and an outer end mounted in said transverse bore and adapted to be rotatably driven into the side of a coaxial cable, said screw having a head portion external to said base at said outer end and an integral knife edge at said inner end within the axial bore, said inner end having the knife edge including a pocket therein wherein said knife edge is adapted to cut a portion of the side of the coaxial cable and the volume of said pocket is of a sufficient volume to receive the portion material of the coaxial cable that is cut by the knife edge when said coaxial cable is inserted into the bore and the screw member is tightened; wherein the knife edge is circular and the pocket is substantially cylindrical.