Coaxial cable connector

Claim 1

A COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR UNITING TWO SECTIONS OF A COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE HAVING ADJACENT ENDS TO BE CONNECTED, SAID TRANSMISSION LINE HAVING AN OUTER TUBULAR CONDUCTOR AND AN INNER TUBULAR CONDUCTOR CONCENTRIC WITH SAID OUTER CONDUCTOR, THE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A PAIR OF CYLINDRICAL SHELLS EACH THREADABLY COUPLED TO ANOTHER SECTION ABOUT THE OUTER CONDUCTOR THEREOF BY THREADS ON THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF AN OPENING DEFINED BY SAID SHELL ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS; A SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID CYLINDRICAL ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING MEMBER HAVING LONGITUDINAL SLOTS ALONG AT LEAST A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH FOR FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING AT LEAST THE INNER CONDUCTOR OF ONE OF SAID SECTIONS ABOUT THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF, THE DIAMETER OF SAID SOLID MEMBER BEING NOT GREATER THAN THE INNER DIAMETER OF SAID INNER CONDUCTOR; AND OUTER MEANS FOR MECHANICALLY COUPLING SAID SHELLS TO ONE ANOTHER TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL CONTACT BETWEEN THE OUTER CONDUCTORS OF SAID SECTION, WITH THE SOLID MEMBER FRICTIONALLY COUPLED TO SAID INNER CONDUCTORS PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONTACT THEREBETWEEN.