Patent ID: 8246392

Claim:
A cable connector for connecting an electrical signal cable to an electrical signal port, the connector comprising: an electrically conductive central body having a central axis and comprised of: a forward end; a rearward end; an outer cylindrical wall; an axial bore through the central body; and a plurality of fingers extending forwardly from the forward end of the central body; an outer sleeve rotatably coupled to the central body, rotatable around the central axis of the central body from a first rotational position to a second rotational position, and comprised of a forward end, a rearward end, and an inner bore including a forward region comprising a first axial cam structure; and a tubular cam member disposed between the outer sleeve and the central body, movable from a first axial position to a second axial position, and comprising: a forward end; a rearward end; a cylindrical outer wall comprised of a second axial cam structure engaged with the first axial cam structure of the outer sleeve; an axial through bore comprised of a cylindrical region proximate to the rearward end of the cam member, and a radial camming region proximate to the forward end of the cam member, wherein the radial camming region is in contact with the fingers of the central body; wherein when the outer sleeve is rotated around the central body from its first rotational position to its second rotational position, the tubular cam member is displaced from its first axial position to its second axial position by the engagement of the first axial cam structure of the cylindrical outer wall with the second axial cam structure of the outer sleeve, thereby causing the radial camming region of the axial through bore of the tubular cam member to displace the fingers of the electrically conductive central body radially inwardly; wherein the first axial cam structure of the central body is comprised of threads, and the second axial cam structure of the cylindrical outer wall of the tubular cam member is comprised of a first thread block extending over a portion of a circumference of the cylindrical outer wall.