Dual ferrule connector for a coaxial cable having a flat braid

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONNECTION FOR GROUNDING THE SHIELDING OF COAXIAL CABLE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A SHIELDED CABLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE CENTRAL CONDUCTOR SURROUNDED BY A TIGHTLY FITTED BRAID OF TIC MATERIAL IN TURN SURROUNDED BY A TIGHTLY FITTED BRAID OF FOIL-LIKE CONDUCTORS, A GROUNDING CONDUCTOR, A FERRULE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN INNER DUCTILE AND CONDUCTIVE FERRULE AND AN DOUTER METAL FERRULE HAVING THE GROUNDING CONDUCTOR FITTED THEREBETWEEN, THE SAID FERRULES BEING DEFORMED INWARDLY ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF INTO A TUBULAR CONFIGURATION TO EFFECT A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CABLE BRAID AND THE GROUNDING CONDUCTOR, THE SAID INNER FERRULE HAVING A THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE CROSSSECTIONAL AREA OF THE GROUNDING CONDUCTOR, THE MATERIAL OF SAID INNER FERRULE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SOFTER THAN THE MATERIAL OF THE FOIL-LIKE CONDUCTORS AND BEING WORKED ALONG THE INTERIOR SURFACE THEREOF INTO THE INTERSTICES BETWEEN THE FOIL-LIKE CONDUCTORS WITH A SLIGHT RADIAL DEFORMATION OF SAID SHEATH, THE SAID OUTER FERRULE BEING OF A RELATIVELY HARD MALLEABLE MATERIAL FORMING A RELAXATION RESISTANT BAND HOLDING THE INNER FERRULE IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SAID BRAID AND THE GROUNDING CONDUCTOR.