Coaxial patchcord assembly

Claim 1

A PLUG CONTACTOR FOR TERMINATING COAXIAL CABLE OF THE TYPE HAVING A CENTER CONDUCTOR SURROUNDED BY AN INSULATING MEMBER AND AN OUTER CONDUCTOR, THE CONTACTOR INCLUDING A METALLIC SHELL MEMBER OF A DIAMETER TO BE INSERTED WITHIN THE APERTURE OF A CONTACTOR BOARD MEMBER, THE SAID SHELL MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL SPRING MEMBERS OF A LENGTH APPROXIMATING THE THICKNESS OF THE BOARD MEMBER DISPOSED GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONTACTOR AND POSITIONED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE MAIN BODY OF SAID SHELL MEMBER SUCH AS TO BE DRIVEN INWARDLY BY INSERTION IN THE BOARD MEMBER APERTURE TO FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE SAID BOARD APERTURE SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, STOP MEANS LOCATED ON SAID SHELL EXTENDING RADIALLY TO LIMIT THE INSERTION OF SAID CONTACTOR IN SAID BOARD MEMBER, FERRULE MEANS DISPOSED IN THE REARWARD END OF SAID SHELL AND CONNECTED TO THE OUTER CONDUCTOR OF SAID CABLE, AN INSULATING MEDIUM DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SHELL EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY FROM SAID FERRULE MEANS TO THE FORWARD END OF SAID SHELL, A CENTRAL CONDUCTIVE PIN MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE CABLE CENTER CONDUCTOR AND SUPPORTED BY SAID INSULATING MEDIUM COAXIALLY OF A PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID SHELL, SAID PIN MEMBER EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF SAID INSULATING MEDIUM AND SAID SHELL, THE SAID INSULATING MEDIUM INCLUDING A PORTION DISPOSED BETWEEN THE INNER END OF SAID PIN MEMBER AND SAID FERRULE MEANS TO PRECLUDE AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID PIN MEMBER TOWARD SAID FERRULE MEANS DURING ASSEMBLY AND USE OF SAID CONTACTOR.