Sealed coaxial cable connector

Claim 1

IN A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY ON THE END OF A COAXIAL CABLE FOR MATING WITH A COMPLEMENTARY CONNECTOR DEVICE HAVING A COMPLEMENTARY CONTACT ELEMENT WHERE THE COAXIAL CABLE INCLUDES AN INNER CONDUCTOR, AN OUTER CONDUCTOR IN INSULATED RELATIONSHIP TO THE OUTER CONDUCTOR AND AN OUTER INSULATING JACKET, THE COMBINATION OF: AN AXIAL CONTACT ELEMENT ON THE END OF THE INNER CONDUCTOR OF THE COAXIAL CABLE TO MATE WITH THE COMPLEMENTARY CONTACT ELEMENT OF THE COMPLEMENTARY CONNECTOR DEVICE; INSULATING MEANS SURROUNDING THE SAID AXIAL CONTACT ELEMENT; A HOUSING SHELL CONFINING SAID INSULATING MEANS AND SAID AXIAL CONTACT ELEMENT, SAID HOUSING SHELL BEING IN ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTER CONDUCTOR OF THE COAXIAL CABLE AND HAVING A PARTICULAR PORTION SURROUNDING THE OUTER INSULATING JACKET OF THE COAXIAL CABLE; AND AN ELASTOMERIC SLEEVE EMBRACING THE OUTER INSULATING JACKET OF THE COAXIAL CABLE INSIDE SAID PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE HOUSING SHELL, SAID PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE HOUSING SHELL BEING CRIMPED FOR RADIAL COMPRESSION OF THE ELASTOMERIC SLEEVE INTO SEALING CONTACT WITH BOTH THE HOUSING SHELL AND THE OUTER INSULATING JACKET OF THE COAXIAL CABLE, SAID ELASTOMERIC SLEEVE BEING TAPERED IN ITS UNRESTRAINED CONFIGURATION AND BEING COMPRESSED, AS A RESULT OF THE CRIMPING OF THE PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE HOUSING SHELL, INTO SEALING CONTACT WITH SAID PORTION OF THE HOUSING SHELL AND WITH THE OUTER INSULATING JACKET OF THE COAXIAL CABLE, WITH THE LARGER END OF THE SLEEVE PROTRUDING FROM SAID END PORTION OF THE HOUSING SHELL.