Patent ID: 6929265

Claim:
A radial compression seal for an F-type coaxial cable connector operable for preventing moisture from entering an interface between a threaded nut on a male F connector and a threaded shaft on a female F connector, the threaded shaft having a leading end, a trailing end and a shaft length therebetween and a shaft diameter, the the radial compression seal comprising: (a) an elastic sealing member comprising a tubular ring of an elastically compressible material having a conical outer surface tapering outwardly from a leading end thereof to a trailing end thereof, and an axial bore having a bore diameter substantially equal to said shaft diameter; and (b) an inelastic compression ring having a cylindrical axial bore in a leading end thereof and a conical bore in a trailing end thereof, said conical bore tapering outwardly toward said leading end of said compression ring, said compression ring being slidingly mounted over said trailing end of said conical outer surface of said elastic sealing member; wherein when said elastic sealing member is disposed on said leading end of said shaft and said compression ring is forced to move in an axial direction toward said trailing end of said shaft, said compression ring compresses said elastic sealing member radially inwardly against said shaft wherein said elastic sealing member further comprises an annular groove adjacent said trailing end of said conical outer surface, and said compression ring further comprises an annular ridge adjacent said leading end of said axial bore, and wherein said annular ridge matingly engages said annular groove when said leading end of said compression ring is advanced over said trailing end of said elastic sealing member.