Patent ID: 7108547

Claim:
A connector for terminating the end of a coaxial cable, the coaxial cable having an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and an outer insulating jacket, the connector comprising: a. a substantially cylindrical body having an axis and having a front end and a back end; b. a coupling nut rotatably connected to the body at the front end of the body; c. a compression can axially movably connected to the body at the back end of the body between an uncompressed axial position and a fully-compressed axial position relative to the substantially cylindrical body; d. means for contacting the inner conductor of the coaxial cable; e. means for seizing the outer conductor of the coaxial cable, the seizing means seizing the outer conductor of the coaxial cable when the compression can has advanced to a partially-compressed axial position, the compression can reaching the partially-compressed axial position before reaching the fully-compressed axial position; and f. means for gripping the insulating jacket of the coaxial cable, the gripping means gripping the insulating jacket of the coaxial cable after the compression can advances beyond the partially-compressed axial position toward the fully-compressed position, wherein the seizing of the outer conductor and the gripping of the insulating jacket occur sequentially during compression together of the body and of the compression can after insertion of the termination end of the coaxial cable into the connector.