Tandy Corporation

Nam D Tran

Peter D Nguyen

Richard J MacConnell

A coaxial connector plug and method for securing a coaxial cable in the plug without the need for crimping, trimming, or soldering the tip of the plug. A preformed solder, solder paste, or any type of conductive adhesive is deposited in the closed tip of a coaxial connector plug. The center conductive cable is then inserted into the adhesive material of the closed tip and heated to melt or cure the adhesive material, thereby establishing an electrical connection.

Coaxial connector plug and method for assembly

An improved coaxial cable connector and method for attaching the same to a coaxial cable is disclosed. The improved cable connector comprises a center conductor pin, which may be hollow or solid, for providing electrical conductivity for the center wire, an outer conductor shell, which is concentric to the center pin, for providing electrical conductivity for the shielding wire, and an annular dielectric, such as a phenolic washer, mounted to the center conductor pin for insulating the conductor pin from the outer conductor shell. The improvement lies in the use of an inner wire receptor having a funnel portion for receiving the center wire and a holding portion, which is crimped, for mechanically and electrically securing the center wire. The connector is further improved by included an outer wire receptor, which mechanically and electrically secures the shielding wire by crimping, and an insulator receptor, which insulates the center wire and inner wire receptor from the shielding wire and outer wire receptor. The outer wire receptor is further improved by including a funnel portion concentric with the funnel portion of the inner wire receptor. Likewise, the insulator receptor also includes a funnel portion concentric with the funnel portion of the inner wire receptor.

Solderless coaxial wire connector and method for attachment

A discrete wire discriminator for identifying each terminal position of a connector to be terminated to a multiconductor cable comprising a plurality of identical, unmarked, insulated conductors is described. The conductors of the first end of the cable are randomly terminated. After the second end of the cable is placed in the apparatus, each wire at the second end is selected at random and its correct terminal position identified by the apparatus, in addition, the selected wire is simultaneously tested for short or open circuits.

Method for terminating wires of a cable en masse

A discrete wire discriminator for identifying each terminal position of a connector to be terminated to a multiconductor cable comprising a plurality of identical, unmarked, insulated conductors is described. The conductors of the first end of the cable are randomly terminated. After the second end of the cable is placed in the apparatus, each wire at the second end is selected at random and its correct terminal position identified by the apparatus. In addition, the selected wire is simultaneously tested for short or open circuits.

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Fort Worth, TX, United States of America

Nam D Tran