Patent ID: 8087160

Claim:
A compression assembly tool for attaching a connector to a coaxial cable comprising: a tool body including a compression head generally located at a front end of the tool body for receiving the connector and the coaxial cable in coaxial alignment along a compression axis; and a fixed handle generally located at a back end of the tool body; a plunger having a front end for compressing the connector and a back end having a plunger pivot, the plunger being mounted for longitudinal sliding motion relative to the tool body along the compression axis between an extended position in which the front end of the plunger extends into the compression head and a retracted position; a pair of split base supports pivotally attached to the compression head for motion between an open position and a closed position, the split base supports being located on opposite sides of the coaxial cable and providing a bearing surface for supporting a back end of the connector during compression; a lever handle movable relative to the fixed handle between an open position and a closed position, the lever handle having a front end pivot proximate a front end of the lever handle and a back end pivot proximate a back end of the lever handle, the front end pivot being located offset from the compression axis to allow the coaxial cable and connector to be positioned on the compression axis and to allow the coaxial cable to extend perpendicularly past the front end pivot and out of the compression head at the front end of the tool body, the front end pivot on the front end of the lever handle being located closer to the front end of the tool body than the back end pivot on the back end of the lever handle, the front end pivot connecting the front end of the lever handle to the tool body; and a link pivotally connected at opposite ends between the back end pivot of the lever handle and the plunger pivot at the back end of the plunger.