Patent ID: 8882538

Claim:
A coaxial cable connector comprising: a body member including a body member surface that comprises a forward most surface of the body member, a body-to-post contact surface, and an annular body-to-grounding-clip contact surface that extends along at least an outward direction; a post member including a post-to-coupler contact surface and post-to-body contact surface; a coupler including a coupler-to-post contact surface and a coupler-to-grounding-clip contact surface, the coupler being configured to form a coupler-post electrical ground path when the coupler-to-post contact surface is in electrical contact with the post-to-coupler contact surface and allow the coupler-post electrical ground path to be interrupted when the coupler-to-post contact surface is not in electrical contact with the post-to-coupler contact surface; a metal coupler-body grounding clip including a grounding-clip-to-coupler contact surface and a grounding-clip-to-body contact surface, the metal coupler-body grounding clip being configured to form a coupler-body electrical ground path when the grounding-clip-to-coupler contact surface of the metal coupler-body grounding clip is in electrical contact with the coupler-to-grounding-clip contact surface of the coupler and when the grounding-clip-to-body contact surface of the metal coupler-body grounding clip is in electrical contact with the annular body-to-grounding-clip contact surface of the body member; wherein the metal coupler-body grounding clip is configured to at least partially encircle a portion of the body member when the connector is assembled; wherein the metal coupler-body grounding clip is rearwardly spaced from the post-to-coupler contact surface of the post member and the coupler-to-post contact surface of the coupler such that no portion of the metal coupler-body grounding clip is located inside the body member; and wherein the metal coupler-body grounding clip is configured to maintain the coupler-body electrical ground path even when the coupler-post electrical ground path is interrupted when the coupler-to-post contact surface is not in electrical contact with the post-to-coupler contact surface.