Coaxial cable connector

Claim 1

A SHOCK AND VIBRATION-RESISTING CONNECTOR FOR COUPLING A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, COMPRISING FEMALE AND MALE BODY SLEEVES HAVING COOPERATING CONTACT MEANS, SAID MALE BODY SLEEVE HAVING OUTWARDLY PROTRUDING BAYONET PINS THEREON AND MEANS ATTACHABLE TO ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS, THE FEMALE BODY SLEEVE HAVING FORWARD AND REAR ENDS AND AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION, SAID FORWARD END HAVING A FORWARDLY FACING SURFACE AND BEING OF A GREATER EXTERIOR DIAMETER THAN THE EXTERIOR DIAMETER OF THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND DEFINING AN ABRUPT REARWARDLY FACING EXTERIOR SHOULDER SURFACE, SAID FORWARD END HAVING AN INNER PERIPHERY OF A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE EXTERIOR DIAMETER OF THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND RECEIVING THE MALE BODY SLEEVE, THE ENLARGED FORWARD END OF SAID FEMALE BODY SLEEVE HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED BAYONET PINRECEIVING SLOTS EXTENDING ENTIRELY FROM THE ABRUPT SHOULDER SURFACE TO THE FORWARDLY FACING SURFACE AND LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH AND OPENING ENDWISE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, THE FORWARD END OF SAID FEMALE SLEEVE ALSO HAVING BAYONET PIN-RECEIVING RECESSES EACH AT ONE SIDE OF A RESPECTIVE SLOT AND DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE SLOT, A SLIDE RING SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON AND GUIDED FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT BY SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE FEMALE BODY SLEEVE, ELONGATE KEEPER LUGS PROJECTING ENDWISE FROM SAID SLIDE RING AND BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SLOTS IN OBSTRUCTING RELATION WITH SAID PIN-RECEIVING RECESSES, RESILIENT MEANS ENGAGING THE SLIDE RING FOR URGING THE RING TOWARD SAID ABRUPT SHOULDER SURFACE AT ALL TIMES TO NORMALLY MAINTAIN SAID KEEPER LUGS IN OBSTRUCTING RELATION WITH THE RECESSES, THEREBY LOCKING AND MAINTAINING THE BAYONET PINS WITHIN THE RECESSES AGAINST DISCONNECT CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE SHOCK AND VIBRATION, SAID RESILIENT MEANS PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDE SUFFICIENT TO MOVE THE LUGS OUT OF OBSTRUCTING RELATION WITH THE RECESSES, AN OUTER SLEEVE ENCOMPASSING AND SLIDABLY RELATED TO SAID SLIDE RING AND BEING MOVABLE ALONG SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION, SAID OUTER SLEEVE HAVING INWARDLY PROTRUDING FLANGE MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SLIDE RING AND SAID ABRUPT SHOULDER SURFACE, WHEREBY TO PRODUCE REARWARD MOVEMENT OF THE RING AND LUGS WHEN THE OUTER SLEEVE IS MOVED REARWARDLY ALONG THE FEMALE BODY SLEEVE, BUT PERMITTING SAID LUGS AND RING TO SLIDE REARWARDLY ALONG THE FEMALE BODY SLEEVE WHILE THE OUTER SLEEVE REMAINS STATIONARY WITH THE FLANGE MEANS ENGAGING THE ABRUPT SHOULDER, AND MEANS ON THE REAR END OF SAID FEMALE BODY SLEEVE FOR SECURING THE OTHER OF SAID CONDUCTORS THERETO.