Patent ID: 6890208

Claim:
An electrical connector for coupling to a coaxial cable having a a conductor and an outer insulation layer disposed around the conductor, comprising: a housing having an axial bore therein for receiving the coaxial cable and defining a central longitudinal axis; an electrically conductive clamp disposed in the bore of said housing, said electrically conductive clamp having a pointed end shaped and sized for driving through the outer insulation layer and into engagement with said conductor of the coaxial cable, said clamp having a clamp driving surface generally defining a plane at an angle relative to said axis of said bore, said angle extending radially from said bore; and a cylindrical compression device with an aperture for receiving the coaxial cable in passage to said housing, an outer periphery and a side wall sized at said outer periphery for engaging said housing, said sidewall defining an open end of said aperture, said sidewall having a directing surface generally defining a plane in substantially the same angle as said angle of said plane of said clamp driving surface, said directing surface being disposed at the open end for engaging said driving surface of said electrically conductive clamp to drive the pointed end thereof toward the axis of the bore in said housing thereby to mechanically connect an electrical cable to said housing. said clamp driving surface and said directing surface being disposed and configured to lie substantially flush against each other when said compression device is pressed against said clamp, said driving and directing surfaces being disposed and configured for sliding against each other in a direction generally parallel to said angles for driving said pointed end into the coaxial cable.