Spinner Gmbh Elektrotechnische Fabrik

Spinner Gmbh

Norbert Strasser

Franz Xaver Pitschi

Werner Wild

Franz Dr-Ing Pitschi

A connector for attachment to a coaxial cable having an annular corrugated outer cable conductor, includes a connector head having a threaded portion and defining a ring surface for establishing a contact from inside with an end zone of an outer cable conductor. The outer cable conductor is enclosed by a contact sleeve which has a plurality of radially resilient segments. Surrounding the contact sleeve is a clamping bush which is so threadably engageable with the connector head along a predetermined clamping path, until an end zone of the outer cable conductor, which projects beyond an end face of the contact sleeve, is urged against the contact surface of the connector head. The clamping path of the clamping bush is subdivided in two sections to define an indexing mechanism, with the first section corresponding to a preassembled state of the connector, and with the second section commensurate with a fully assembled connector onto the connecting end of the cable. The indexing mechanism is formed by the interaction between a smooth portion of the clamping bush and by a threaded portion of the connector head, with the threaded portion having a length which is equal or smaller than a length of the smooth portion of the clamping bush.

Connector for a coaxial cable with annularly corrugated outer cable conductor

A connector assembly for a coaxial cable of a type having an annularly corrugated outer cable conductor, includes a head portion which has a clamping surface for establishing a contact from inside with an end portion of an outer cable conductor. A contact sleeve is fitted over the outer cable conductor and has a plurality of axial slits extending from its head portion proximate end to form a plurality of radially resilient segments. Interacting with the head portion is a clamping member which surrounds the contact sleeve and travels along a clamping path for loading the segments of the contact sleeve in a clamping direction, thereby clamping the end portion of the outer cable conductor against the clamping surface of the head portion. The clamping path of the clamping member is divided by an indexing member into first and second sections, with the first section corresponding to a preassembled state of the connector, and with the second section corresponding to a complete assembly of the connector onto the cable end. The indexing member includes an O ring which seals an annular gap between the head portion and the clamping member, and is received in an annular groove formed in one of the head portion and the clamping member. At the end of the first section of the clamping path, the O ring contacts a confronting end face of the connector head portion, and is clamped between the head portion and the clamping member at the end of the second section of the clamping path.

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