Patent ID: 8894440

Claim:
A connector configured to terminate an end of a coaxial cable, the connector comprising: a connector body having a cable receiving end, the cable receiving end configured to accommodate said end of said coaxial cable; and a locking sleeve configured to couple to said cable receiving end of said connector body and configured to detach to define a detached position and to attach thereto to define an attached position, said locking sleeve configured to insertably receive said end of said coaxial cable therethrough in both of said attached and detached positions and configured to slide in a longitudinal direction with respect to said connector body from a first position to a second position, the second position configured to inseparably lock said coaxial cable to said connector body, wherein the locking sleeve has a connector body engagement end; wherein a portion of the connector body engagement end of the locking sleeve is configured to cooperative interact with an inner surface of the connector body proximate the cable receiving end in both the first position and the second position; wherein said connector body includes an inwardly directed rib adjacent the cable receiving end thereof and wherein said locking sleeve includes a receiving area proximate the connector body engagement end, the receiving area configured to accommodate said inwardly directed rib in said first position, wherein the receiving area is an opening formed between two annular ring surfaces of the locking sleeve proximate the connector body engagement end; wherein the receiving area is configured to engage the inwardly directed rib to resist forward longitudinal sliding movement of the locking sleeve from the first position.