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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972175 | Coaxial cable connector with threaded post A compression-type coaxial cable connector includes a post with at least one helical thread thereon. A typical coaxial cable includes a dielectric layer and a cable braid. The threaded post engages the coaxial cable between the cable braid and the dielectric layer, ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967634 | Joint structure for a cable A joint structure for a cable contains a connecting sleeve including threads formed around an inner wall thereof and a shoulder extending on a bottom end of the inner wall thereof; an internal tube including an arresting ring extending around an upper end thereof an... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7955126 | Electrical connector with grounding member A coaxial cable connector includes tubular post, a coupler secured over an end of the tubular post for securing the connector to an appliance, and an outer body secured to the tubular post. An electrical grounding path is maintained between the coupler and the tubul... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7874871 | Connecting assembly for an end of a coaxial cable and method of connecting a coaxial cable to a connector A connecting assembly for an end of a coaxial cable and having a first element, that is turned around a first axis in a first rotational direction to progressively tighten the first element to a connector, and a housing. The connecting assembly further has: a) an ax... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7803018 | Inner conductor end contacting coaxial connector and inner conductor adapter kit A coaxial connector is provided with a connector body dimensioned to couple with the outer conductor, an insulator supporting an inner contact coaxial within a bore of the connector body. A spring contact may be positioned to contact an end of the inner conductor. A... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798849 | Connecting assembly for an end of a coaxial cable and method of connecting a coaxial cable to a connector A connecting assembly for an end of a coaxial cable and having a first element, that is turned around a first axis in a first rotational direction to progressively tighten the first element to a connector, and a housing. The connecting assembly further has: a) an ax... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7785144 | Connector with positive stop for coaxial cable and associated methods A connector is to be attached to a coaxial cable including an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric therebetween. The connector includes a connector housing defining a ramp to receive the outer conductor thereagainst and a back nut. A portion of the ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7753727 | Threaded crimp coaxial connector A coaxial connector for coaxial cable includes a body with a bore; a sidewall of the bore provided with a cable stop projecting radially inward at least to an inner diameter of the outer conductor; an annular contact groove proximate a cable end side of the cable st... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731529 | Connector including compressible ring for clamping a conductor of a coaxial cable and associated methods A connector is for attachment to a coaxial cable having an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric therebetween. The connector includes a connector housing defining a radially outer ramp to receive the outer conductor thereagainst and a back nut. A com... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7661984 | Locking threaded connection coaxial connector A coaxial connector includes a clamp nut dimensioned to fit over the outer conductor, the clamp nut having threads that mate with corresponding threads on the connector body. A clamp element is positioned between the clamp nut and a leading edge of the outer conduct... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7635283 | Connector with retaining ring for coaxial cable and associated methods A coaxial cable connector includes a back nut to be secured onto the coaxial cable and a connector housing to be coupled to the back nut. A center contact is to be coupled to the inner conductor. At least one insulator member is within the connector housing for carr... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7632143 | Connector with positive stop and compressible ring for coaxial cable and associated methods A connector to be attached to a coaxial cable includes a connector housing and a back nut defining a ramp to receive an outer conductor of the coaxial cable thereagainst. The connector housing and the back nut include respective portions defining a positive stop whe... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7504582 | Retaining joint for fixing cable A retaining joint for fixing a cable includes a joint unit having a hollow body; the hollow body having a resisting ring; a front side and a rear side of the resisting ring having a first combining portion and a second combining portion, respectively; the first comb... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7479035 | Electrical connector with grounding member A coaxial cable connector includes tubular post, a coupler secured over an end of the tubular post for securing the connector to an appliance, and an outer body secured to the tubular post. An electrical grounding path is maintained between the coupler and the tubul... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476127 | Adapter for mini-coaxial cable An adapter for mini-coaxial cable includes a cylindrical member for receiving a length of exposed insulating spacer of a mini-coaxial cable therein, and an electrically conductive insertion member for receiving a bare center conductor of the mini-coaxial cable there... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7445501 | Insulator for a coaxial cable connector and method of use thereof An insulator for coaxial cable connectors, the insulator is disposed within a coaxial cable connector and contains an insulator passageway. The insulator has a guide surface at one end. As the prepared end of a coaxial cable is inserted into the insulator passageway... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7435135 | Annular corrugated coaxial cable connector with polymeric spring finger nut An annular corrugated solid outer conductor coaxial cable electrical connector with an integral spring finger nut telescopically coupled via threads to the cable end of a body. A nut bore in the spring finger nut dimensioned to receive the outer conductor therethrou... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7408122 | Cable gland The invention relates to a cable gland. The latter comprises a gland body for feeding a cable therethrough, an elastic sealing ring that is applicable to the front side of the gland body and whose internal diameter essentially corresponds to the diameter of the cabl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7383631 | Method of fabricating antenna connector A method of fabricating an antenna connector is provided. The components of the antenna connector are mechanically assembled in an automatically operated workstation to effectively eliminate the labor/time consuming assembly process requiring assembly by hand as in ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7371112 | Coaxial connector and coaxial cable connector assembly and related method A method of making a coaxial cable assembly is disclosed, the assembly comprising a coaxial cable and a connector, or connector termination, on at least one end of the cable. A connector, comprised of connector components, is also disclosed. The method comprises pla... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371123 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for use, for example, at the end of an audio visual (A/V) system cable. The connector includes a body from which extends a sleeve for engaging a corresponding feature of another electrical connector. The sleeve of the electrical connector of ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371113 | Coaxial cable connector with clamping insert A connector for coaxial cable is disclosed herein that has an outer body and a clamp insert. The clamp insert is mounted at the rear of the body and accepts an end of a coaxial cable. Both the front and rear ends of the insert are deformed radially inwardly when the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367839 | Feed line for a local coil for magnetic resonance imaging with standing wave barrier integrated into the plug thereof Feed line for at least one local coil in a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, comprising at least one coil plug as well as at least one standing wave barrier for suppression of unwanted radio-frequency currents on a conductor cable of the feed line, with the s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364454 | Cable end fastening device and method The invention relates inter alia to a device for connecting two or more cable ends, which device comprises: —an insertion bush for inserting the two core ends, wherein in use the insertion bus provides conductive contact between the two cores; —an insulator arra... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357671 | Coaxial plug-type connector and method for mounting the same A coaxial plug-type connector including an approximately hollow-cylindrical plug-head with an outside thread, and a cable-side conical annular face as a contact face for an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, and a threaded sleeve with an inside thread as a cable cl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354306 | Pole terminal The invention relates to a pole terminal for producing an electrical connection. Said pole terminal comprises a metallic conductive body which is surrounded by an insulating body which can be fixed to the housing of an electrical appliance, and on which a tensioning... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351099 | Step up pin for coax cable connector The invention provides a coaxial cable connector having a step up pin that engages the center conductor of a coax cable to increase the diameter of the center conductor to thereby make it more manageable. The pin is stored with the connector until the pin and connec... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347726 | Push-on connector interface A push-on connector interface adapted for use with, for example, existing standardized threaded female connectors, for example SMA or Type N connectors. A plurality of spring fingers of the male connector body engage the, typically threaded, outer diameter surface o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347729 | Prepless coaxial cable connector A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body and an annular post coupled to the connector body. The connector body has a rearward cable receiving end and an internal threaded surface defined in the rearward cable receiving end. The internal threaded surface i... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347727 | Push-on connector interface A push-on connector interface and associated spring ring adapted for use with, for example, existing standardized threaded female connectors, for example SMA or Type N connectors. A plurality of spring fingers of the male connector body engage the, typically threade... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335059 | Coaxial connector including clamping ramps and associated method The coaxial cable connector includes a connector housing defining a radially outer ramp portion. The coaxial cable connector may also include an insulator member in the connector housing. The insulator member defines a radially inner ramp portion aligned with the ra... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7311554 | Compact compression connector with flexible clamp for corrugated coaxial cable A compression connector for the end of a segment of corrugated coaxial cable is provided wherein the compression connector includes a clamp that is both flexible and conductive so as to enable a highly precise and secure, yet low stress engagement of the connector t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309247 | Cable interconnect A connection device comprises first and second connectors. The first connector has a sleeve having axially extending slots at a distal end to define tines yieldable resiliently inward, and a resilient seal encircling the sleeve proximally of the slots. The second co... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303435 | Coaxial cable connector with pop-out pin An electrical connector having a front end for attachment to a terminal and a back end for attachment to a coaxial cable includes a body, a post mounted within the body; and a contact assembly movably mounted within the post. The contact assembly includes a guide, a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299549 | Slotted cable guide A guide for inserting the prepared end of a coaxial cable into the cylindrical post of an end connector of a coaxial cable. The guide is an elongated member that is fabricated of a resilient material having a plurality flat sides that come together at equal angles t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278882 | Leakage preventive cable connector A cable connector includes a tubular casing, which has an axial through hole axially extending through two ends thereof and a neck axially forwardly extending from one end, a locknut, which has an inner thread for fastening to an external device and a coupling hole ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275957 | Axial compression electrical connector for annular corrugated coaxial cable An electrical connector having a longitudinal axis with interface and cable ends for coaxial cable having an annular corrugated solid outer conductor. The connector having a body and an interface joined in an interference fit along the longitudinal axis of the conne... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264503 | Sealing assembly for a port at which a cable is connected and method of connecting a cable to a port using the sealing assembly The combination of a first connecting assembly and a second connecting assembly. The first connecting assembly has a) a port with a central axis, a radially outwardly facing surface with threads thereon and axially spaced first and second free ends and b) an axially... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261581 | Coaxial connector and method Disclosed is a coaxial connector consisting of a back nut, outer and inner terminals, and an insulator. The back nut is made of a single tubular piece and does not enclose any further parts. In connecting a coaxial cable to the connector, the cable is inserted throu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261594 | Coaxial cable connector and electronic device case A coaxial cable connector having a stopper in a main body for supporting the circumference of the coaxial cable and preventing the coaxial cable from falling out. The stopper is a ring-shaped fastening portion provided in the main body and whose central axis is the ... | 08/28/2007 |
