Patent ID: 7766705

Claim:
A connector arrangement comprising a rigid elongated inner conductor that has an axis extending in a longitudinal direction and that has opposite first and second inner conductor ends, an elongated dielectric sleeve arranged around the inner conductor and having opposite first and second sleeve ends, and a rigid outer conductor arranged around the sleeve, said inner conductor having an outer surface and said sleeve having an inner surface that lies adjacent to and faces said outer surface of said inner conductor, when the inner conductor is fully installed on the sleeve, wherein: of said outer and inner surfaces, at least one of said surfaces has a taper with a narrowest end that fixes the relative transverse positions of the inner conductor and sleeve at said conductor and sleeve first ends; the inner conductor is provided at the inner conductor second end with a split pin that has a pair of pin parts that are biased apart and that have free front ends, said split pin having a widest part spaced a distance (D) rearward of said free front ends; and including a mating connector having a bore that receives said split pin widest part and presses said pin parts thereat toward each other to press said free front ends into firm contact with each other; said pin parts have facing surfaces that are flat and parallel when not lying in said mating connector.