Patent ID: 7452228

Claim:
A BNC plug connector for engaging a BNC jack member and indicating a rotational position of the plug connector, the plug connector comprising: a sleeve extending longitudinally between first and second ends and defining a first aperture at the first end for receiving a jack member, a second aperture at the second end, and one or more slots extending from the first end toward the second end and configured to receive radial posts extending radially from the jack member; a plug member disposed in the sleeve and configured to engage the jack member; and a contrast surface at the second end, wherein the sleeve defines at least one feature at the second end extending radially inward to a radial position coincident with the contrast surface, the feature defining a color dissimilar to the contrast surface such that the position of the feature is visible from the second end of the sleeve and the position of the feature is indicative of a rotational position of the sleeve, and said at least one feature is a tab formed as an integral part of the sleeve and extending radially inward into the second aperture at the second end of the sleeve.