Patent ID: 7736180

Claim:
A coaxial connector with a connector end and a cable end for coupling with an inner conductor and an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, the connector comprising: a connector body provided with a connector body bore along a longitudinal axis; an electrical coupling between the outer conductor and the connector body; an insulator supporting an inner contact coaxial with the connector body bore; a grip ring seated in an annular grip ring groove of the inner contact; the grip ring groove provided with a wedge surface having a taper between a connector end of the wedge surface and a cable end of the wedge surface; the grip ring movable, along the wedge surface, longitudinally within the grip ring groove; the grip ring provided with a grip surface oriented to engage a surface area of the inner conductor as the inner contact is coupled with the inner conductor by insertion of the coaxial cable into the connector body bore; the grip surface dimensioned to couple with the surface area, inhibiting removal of the inner conductor towards the cable end.