Crimp type coaxial connector assembly

Claim 1

IN AN ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING COAXIAL CABLES OF THE TYPE HAVING AN INNER CONDUCTOR SURROUNDED BY DIELECTRIC MATERIAL AND AN OUTER CONDUCTOR, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A CONDUCTIVE RECEPTACLE INCLUDING A FIRST TUBULAR SLEEVE HAVING A BORE OF SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT DIAMETER EXTENDING THERETHROUGH WITH MEANS AT EITHER END OF SAID FIRST SLEEVE TO ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY CONNECT TO PLUG MEMBERS TERMINATED TO COAXIAL CABLE FOR INSERTION AT EITHER END OF SAID RECEPTACLE, A DIELECTRIC BEAD ADAPTED TO BE FITTED WITHIN SAID FIRST SLEEVE TOWARD THE CENTER THEREOF, SAID BEAD HAVING AN AXIAL LENGTH SMALL IN COMPARISON TO THE AXIAL LENGTH OF SAID SLEEVE AND HAVING A CENTRAL BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A SECOND CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE HAVING A CENTER SECTION OF REDUCED DIAMETER TO DEFINE SPACED SHOULDERS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE OUTSIDE END SURFACES OF SAID BEAD, SAID BEAD BEING SPLIT ALONG ITS LENGTH SO AS TO BE FITTED OVER THE CENTER SECTION OF SAID SECOND SLEEVE WITH SAID SECOND SLEEVE IN THE SAID BORE OF SAID BEAD AND AXIALLY ALIGNED WITHIN SAID FIRST SLEEVE WHEREBY TO BE CLOSED AGAINST THE SAID CENTER SECTION OF SAID SECOND SLEEVE TO POSITION AND AXIALLY LOCK SAID SECOND SLEEVE WITHIN SAID FIRST SLEEVE, SAID SECOND CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE BEING OF A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE INTERIOR DIAMETER OF SAID FIRST SLEEVE AND BEING HELD BY SAID BEAD TO EXTEND COAXIALLY ALONG PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST SLEEVE, SAID SECOND SLEEVE CARRYING THEREIN SPRING CONTACT MEMBERS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPIRALLY FORMED FINGERS EXTENDING ALONG THE SECOND SLEEVE LENGTH WITH A SUBSTANTIAL SPRING ACTION TRANSVERSE TO THE LENGTH OF SAID SECOND SLEEVE WHEREBY TO BE CAPABLE OF SUBSTANTIAL RADIAL DEFLECTION TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENTLY SIZED CENTER CONDUCTORS OF COAXIAL CABLE INSERTED THEREWITHIN.