Patent ID: 7500868

Claim:
A compression-type connector operable for attachment to a wire having a stranded center conductor and an electrically insulating outer jacket, the connector comprising: (a) a connector body having a leading end, a tubular deformable trailing end and a cylindrical axial cavity in said trailing end, said leading end of said connector body having a connector terminal adapter thereon operable for removably receiving an electrically conductive connector terminal; (b) an electrically conductive centerpost comprising a threaded shaft having a leading end attached to said leading end of said axial cavity, and a conical tip at a trailing end thereof, said conical tip being disposed coaxially within said cylindrical cavity; and (c) a compression sleeve having a length and a tapered axial bore coextensive with said length, said compression sleeve being slidably mounted over said tubular deformable trailing end of said connector body.