Facet Enterprises, Inc.

Thomas & Betts International LLC

John R Tallis

Thomas G Macek

Ronald P Locati

Andrew J Kempf

Nicholas A Volino

Jason C Perry

John R Radzik

A coaxial cable connector includes a sleeve and a collar configured to receive the sleeve substantially therein, the sleeve is configured to receive a coaxial cable and has at least one slot extending longitudinally forming a plurality of sides, each side having at least one tooth for engaging a coaxial cable. A threaded nut is also provided with one end of the nut disposed coaxially around and rotatable about a mating area of the collar. The connector also includes a ground coupler that is centrally disposed along a common longitudinal axis within one end of the collar and one end of the nut. The connector can also include an actuator that is configured to receive a coaxial cable and is centrally disposed along a common longitudinal axis within one end of the collar and is disposed within the collar such that the innermost end of the actuator abuts the outermost end of the sleeve, whereby inward pressure on the actuator forces the sleeve into press fit engagement between the collar and the jacket of a coaxial cable.

Post-less coaxial cable connector

Centrifugally disengageable engine starter gearing for selectively starting an engine having a starting gear. The engine starter gearing includes a power shaft, a sleeve slidably secured to the power shaft, a pinion gear slidably mounted to the power shaft and movable into engagement with the starting gear, a driven clutch member secured to the pinion gear and having splines on a generally circular interior recess therein, a flyweight retainer having splines thereon engaging the splines on the generally circular interior recess, a driving clutch member mounted to the sleeve, mutually engageable clutch teeth on the driving and driven clutch members, a housing fitted over the driving and driven clutch members, an abutment confining the driving and driven clutch members within the housing, a resilient member biasing the driving and driven clutch members into mutual engagement, a radially inwardly extending shoulder on the driving clutch member adjacent the circular recess, and an annular thrust washer having an inner conical surface, the annular thrust washer abutting a loose washer which, in turn, abuts the radially inwardly extending shoulder of the driving clutch member. A plurality of unitary centrifugal flyweight members are annularly arranged in cavities formed in the flyweight retainer. Each centrifugal flyweight member has an inclined surface abutting the conical surface of the thrust washer and is operative to displace the thrust washer in the first axial direction in response to centrifugal force. The cavities in the flyweight retainer extend radially outwardly and cooperate with at least a portion of each of the centrifugal flyweight members to prevent circumferential movement of the plurality of centrifugal flyweight members while permitting radial movement thereof.

Engine starter gearing

A starter drive for an internal combustion engine in which the starter drive is mounted within the starter housing, and an ignition key activated solenoid for energizing the motor of the starter drive is contained in a solenoid housing that is attached to the starter housing and is integral therewith. The solenoid has a solenoid coil and an annular armature, and upon the energization of the solenoid coil by the connection of such solenoid coil to the battery through the ignition key, the annular armature, which is normally spring biased away from the solenoid coil, is magnetically attracted thereto. This movement of the annular armature establishes an electrical contact between a first terminal, which is connected to the battery, and a second contact which is connected to the starter motor. Release of the ignition key from the 'start' position breaks the electrical contact between the solenoid coil and the battery, and the annular armature is then biased away from the solenoid coil by the spring, breaking the electrical contact between the battery and the starter motor.

Engine starter drive with integral starter relay

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John R Tallis