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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Brian L. Kisling, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Thomas D. Miller, Peoria, AZ (US);
Brian L. Kisling, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Thomas D. Miller, Peoria, AZ (US);
Corning Gilbert Inc., Glendale, AZ (US);
Abstract
An axially-compressible connector () for a hardline coaxial cable () has a housing that includes a body (), a coupling nut () and a compression can (). A nonmetallic sleeve (), which is mounted within the housing, has a tubular portion and an integral insulator portion. The insulator portion holds a contact () that has arms () for seizing an inner conductor () of the hardline coaxial cable. A ferrule () is slip fit mounted within the housing, and seizes an outer conductor () of the hardline coaxial cable. A gripping member () is mounted within the housing and seizes a jacket () of the hardline coaxial cable. An actuator (), which is mounted within the housing around a portion of the tubular portion of the sleeve, has an angled surface () to guide an end of the outer conductor toward the tubular portion of the sleeve, as the tubular portion of the sleeve is inserted into the end of the coaxial cable. The jacket is gripped by the gripping member only after the outer conductor is seized by the ferrule.