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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1995
SMK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cable connector includes a plug for connecting a coaxial cable to an electronic device such as a television or video cassette recorder. The plug includes a sleeve that connects with a first grounding terminal of a receptacle. An outer diameter of the sleeve is dimensioned to provide a good unstressed interference fit with the first grounding terminal. The sleeve has slits in a portion to permit elastic deformation when connecting with a second grounding terminal having an inner diameter less than that of the first grounding terminal. These slits permit the sleeve to compress sufficiently to form an interference fit inside the second grounding terminal. When both the first grounding terminal of the receptacle and the sleeve of the plug are dimensioned for the format, and the second grounding terminal is dimensioned for the SECAM format, the plug fits either grounding terminal.