Component integral electrical cable connector

Claim 1

A COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, (A) A FIRST PART HAVING WALL PORTIONS DEFINING A BORE THEREIN, AT LEAST SOME OF THE BORE WALL-DEFINING PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST PART BEING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND PROVIDED WITH SCREW THREADS FOR A DISTANCE EXTENDING INWARD FROM AN OPEN END OF THE BORE, (B) AN ELECTRICAL INSULATOR PART AND AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT CARRIED THEREBY, SAID INSULATOR PART BEING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FIRST PART BORE IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BORE WALLS SO THAT THE CONDUCTIVE CONTACT IS INSULATED FROM THE CONDUCTIVE PORTION OF THE BORE WALL AND DISPOSED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH AND EXTENDING RADIALLY OF THE BORE AXIS, (C) MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL CONDUCTOR INTO SAID FIRST PART FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO SAID CONDUCTIVE CONTACT, (D) MEANS FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR TO THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PORTION OF SAID FIRST PART BORE WALL, AND (E) A CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE SECOND PART HAVING AN OUTSIDE SURFACE AND AN INSIDE SURFAE, SAID OUTSIDE SURFACE BEING PROVIDED ALONG AT LEAST A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH FROM ONE END THEREOF WITH EXTERNAL THREADS COMPLEMENTAL TO THOSE FORMED IN THE BORE OF SAID FIRST PART, THE OUTER DIAMETER OF SAID THREADED SLEEVE BEING SUCH THAT THE SLEEVE IS CLOSE FITTINGLY AND AXIALLY PROJECTED INTO SAID FIRST PART BORE BY THREADED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BORE WALL, THE OPEN INTERNAL CROSS SECTION OF SAID CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE BEING JUST SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF A COAXIAL CABLE OF DESIRED SIZE WITH AN OUTER CONDUCTIVE SHIELD BRAID OF THE CABLE IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE INSIDE SURFACE OF SAID SLEEVE, THE THREADED LENGTH PORTION OF THE BORE IN SAID FIRST PART BEING LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE SAID CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE SECOND PART SO THAT AN END PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE EXTENDS OUT OF SAID FIRST PART WHEN SAID SLEEVE IS COMPLETELY THREADED INTO SAID FIRST PART BORE, WHEREBY, A COAXIAL CABLE MAY BE PROJECTED THROUGH SAID CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE WITH THE CABLE OUTER SHIELD BRAID ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY SECURED TO SAID SLEEVE AND WITH A FREE END PORTION OF THE CABLE CENTER CONDUCTOR EXPOSED BY REMOVAL OF THE SURROUNDING DIELECTRIC MATERIAL AND SHIELDING AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE END OF THE THREADED CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE SO THAT THREADING OF THE SLEEVE INTO THE BORE OF THE SAID CONNECTOR FIRST PART AXIALLY ADVANCES THE CABLE CENTER CONDUCTOR INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AFORESAID CONDUCTIVE CONTACT CARRIED BY THE ELECTRICAL INSULATOR PART DISPOSED WITHIN THE BORE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTS THE CABLE SHIELD BRAID TO THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PORTION OF SAID BORE WALL, SUCH A CABLE AND SAID CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE BEING THEREBY NONINTEGRALLY FIXEDLY SECURABLE TO SAID CONNECTOR FIRST PART AND REMOVABLE THEREFROM FOR REPLACEMENT OF A CABLE AS DESIRED BY UNTHREADING SAID CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE FROM THE BORE IN SAID CONNECTOR FIRST PART.