Coaxial connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR ATTACHMENT TO A COAXIAL CABLE, THE CONNECTOR COMPRISING: (1) A CYLINDRICAL CONDUCTIVE SHELL HAVING INTERNAL THREADS AT ONE END, THE SHELL HAVING AN INTERNAL FLARED OPENING INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, (2) AN ELONGATE CONTACTOR HAVING RESILIENT FINGERS AT ONE END ARRANGED TO SURMOUNT AND GRASP THE CENTER CONDUCTOR OF THE COAXIAL CABLE, THE ELONGATE CONTACTOR BEING WITHIN THE SHELL AND EXTENDING ALONG THE SHELL''S LONGITUDINAL AXIS, (3) DIELECTRIC MEANS INSULATING THE CONTACTOR FROM THE SHELL AND SECURING THE CONTACTOR IN ITS AXIAL POSITION WITHIN THE SHELL, (4) A NUT HAVING AN EXTERNALLY THREADED PORTION ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE INTERNAL THREADS OF THE SHELL, THE NUT HAVING A CENTRAL APERTURE FOR PERMITTING THE COAXIAL CABLE TO EXTEND THERETHROUGH INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE SHELL, THE CENTRAL APERTURE OF THE NUT TERMINATING IN A FLARED OPENING, (5) A SPLIT RING ADAPTED TO SURROUND A PORTION OF THE COAXIAL CABLE, THE RING BEING SPLIT FOR ITS ENTIRE LENGTH ALONG A SPIRAL PATH, THE SPLIT RING BEING DISPOSABLE IN THE SHELL TO EXTEND BETWEEN THE NUT AND THE SHELL''S INTERNAL FLARED OPENING, AND THE SPLIT RING HAVING TAPERING END PORTIONS THAT ARE URGED AGAINST THE FLARED OPENINGS IN THE SHELL AND THE NUT WHEN THE NUT IS ADVANCED INTO THE SHELL WHEREBY THE ENTIRE SPLIT RING IS COMPRESSED.