Patent ID: 8920182

Claim:
A coaxial cable connector comprising: a body having an outer body surface and a forward facing body surface; a post having a rearward facing post surface and configured to be separate from the body; a coupler having a forward facing coupler surface, a first rearward facing coupler surface, a second rearward facing coupler surface, and an inner coupler surface extending along an axial direction between the first and second rearward facing coupler surfaces, the forward facing coupler surface configured to engage the rearward facing post surface when the connector is in an assembled state, the first rearward facing coupler surface being spaced axially rearward from the second rearward facing coupler surface when the connector is in the assembled state; a coupler-body metallic continuity ground path extending between the coupler and the body when the connector is in the assembled state and when the coupler and body move relative to one another, the coupler-body metallic continuity ground path being located outside the inner coupler surface and outside the body such that no portion of the coupler-body metallic continuity ground path is located either inside the body or inside the first rearward facing coupler surface when the connector is in the assembled state; a sealing member configured to form a seal between the inner coupler surface and the body, the seal being located axially forward from at least part of the coupler-body metallic continuity ground path when the connector is in the assembled state; wherein the coupler-body metallic continuity ground path does not extend to the second rearward facing coupler surface; wherein the coupler-body metallic continuity ground path extends around and outside of a section of the body when the connector is in the assembled state; wherein the coupler is configured to move between a first position, where the coupler-body metallic continuity ground path extends through the first rearward facing coupler surface and where the second rearward facing coupler surface does not engage the forward facing body surface, and a second position, where the coupler-body metallic continuity ground path maintains contact with the first rearward facing coupler surface and where the second rearward facing coupler surface engages the forward facing body surface; wherein the sealing member comprises an O-ring; wherein the body extends inside the inner coupler surface when the connector is in the assembled state; and wherein the body, the post, and the coupler each comprise separate and distinct structures.