Patent ID: 8641431

Claim:
A coaxial cable connector configured to be attached to a generally flat, cut end of a coaxial cable, the coaxial cable connector comprising: an inner contact configured to be terminated to an end of a center conductor of a coaxial cable; a dielectric insert holding the inner contact; and a shell holding the dielectric insert, the shell extending between a mating end and a cable end, the cable end including a housing having an edge, the cable end being configured to be terminated to the flat, cut end of the coaxial cable by pressing the edge into the end of the coaxial cable such that the housing is positioned radially inward of an end of a jacket of the coaxial cable that is generally flush with the end of the center conductor, and the housing is in direct contact with a cable braid of the coaxial cable that is generally flush with the end of the center conductor and end of the jacket.