Cable connector apparatus

Claim 1

An assembly for connecting a coaxial cable to a fixed device, said coaxial cable including an elongate tubular outer conductor, and an inner conductor wire coaxially located within said tubular outer conductor and spaced therefrom by a dielectric, said connector apparatus comprising a pair of connector assemblies, including: a. a connector assembly to be fixedly secured to said coaxial cable including i. a cylindrical outer conductor body having a plurality of contact members extending forwardly therefrom and a screw flight proximate the rear portion thereof, ii. a collet within said outer conductor body and insulated therefrom to receive said inner conductor wire and having a probe extending forwardly therefrom, iii. a collet closer associated with said collet, iv. a compressible sleeve sized to receive said outer conductor, and v. a nut having a bore to receive said cable therethrough and threadedly engageable with said outer conductor body, said nut interacting with said sleeve and said collet closer as said nut is advanced along said screw flight to close said collet about said inner conductor wire and to clamp said sleeve about said outer conductor; b. a connector assembly to be fixedly secured to said device including i. an outer conductor body having a first axial bore therein sized to rotationally an frictionally receive said cylindrical outer conductor, ii. a second axial bore within said outer conductor body sized to rotationally and frictionally receive said contact fingers, and iii. a receptacle to rotationally and frictionally receive said probe, said receptacle being electrically insulated from said outer conductor body; and c. a union nut sized to rotatably encase one of said connector assemblies and engageable with the other of said connector assemblies to maintain said connector assemblies in mechanical and electrical connection.