Abstract

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.