Separable connector for high frequency coaxial cables

Claim 1

A COMPACT HIGH EFFICIENCY HERMETICALLY SEALED SEPARABLE CONNECTOR FOR DETACHABLY CONNECTING A COAXIAL CABLE TO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WHILE SUBSTANTIALLY AVOIDING REFLECTION OF WAVE-SIGNAL ENERGY, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING INTER-ENGAGED COMPLEMENTALLY SHAPED MALE AND FEMALE METALLIC TUBULAR SHELLS INCLUDING A NUT RING FOR LOCKING SAID SHELLS TIGHTLY ASSEMBLED, ONE OF SAID SHELLS HAVING MEANS FOR HOLDING A COAXIAL CABLE END CLAMPED CONCENTRICALLY THERETO WITH THE OUTER CABLE CONDUCTOR IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID ONE SHELL, SAID ONE SHELL ALSO HAVING A RING OF RIGID DIELECTRIC MATERIAL SEALED AT ITS PERIPHERY TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID SHELL AND SUPPORTING AXIALLY THROUGH ITS CENTER A CONTACTOR CONDUCTOR, SAID CONTACTOR CONDUCTOR HAVING A WELL OPENING AXIALLY INTO THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, ONE OF SAID WELLS HAVING A CLOSE SLIDING FIT OVER THE END OF THE CENTER CONDUCTOR OF SAID COAXIAL CABLE AND THE OTHER WELL BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SEAT THE END OF A SECOND CONTACTOR CONDUCTOR PROJECTING AXIALLY THROUGH A SECOND RIGID DIELECTRIC RING, SAID SECOND RING BEING SEALED TO THE INTERIOR OF THE OTHER OF SAID SHELLS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, AND RINGS OF RESILIENT DIELECTRIC MATERIAL BEARING AGAINST THE OPPOSITE FACES OF SAID FIRST MENTIONED RIGID DIELECTRIC RING SO DIMENSIONED AS TO BE COMPRESSED AND TO FILL THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID CONTACTOR CONDUCTORS AND SAID SHELLS IN THE CLAMPED ASSEMBLED POSITION OF SAID CONNECTOR COMPONENTS THEREBY TO EXCLUDE AIR AND MOISTURE AND HOLDING THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS RIGIDLY IN CONCENTRIC RELATION.