Patent ID: 8366483

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a center contact configured to be terminated to a center conductor of a cable; a dielectric holding the center contact; a stamped and formed outer contact surrounding the dielectric and the center contact, the outer contact being formed from a flat workpiece having a first end and a second end, the outer contact being formed into a barrel shape such that the first end opposes the second end at a seam extending along an entire length of the outer contact, the outer contact being configured to be terminated to a braid of the cable; and a stamped and formed outer ferrule surrounding at least a portion of the outer contact such that the braid is sandwiched between the outer ferrule and the outer contact, the outer ferrule being formed from a flat workpiece having a first end and a second end, the outer ferrule being crimped around the cable and the outer contact such that the first end opposes the second end.