Swivel connector

Claim 2

A connector for a coaxial cable of the kind which has a central conductor surrounded by a first insulative sheath, in turn enwrapped by a filamented conductor, in turn surrounded by a second insulative sheath, the connector comprising: a conductive body defining an open-ended bore through which said first sheath can be received from one end of the bore, and a swivel nut at the other end of said bore formed initially integral with said body through a weak bridge portion capable of rupture to free the swivel nut, there being distortable means provided to capture the swivel nut with respect to the body after rupture.

Claim 3

The connector claimed in claim 1, in which said one end of the bore opens through a sharpened configuration adapted for insertion between said first sheath and said filamented conductor, the connector further including means supported by said body outwardly of said sharpened configuration, said means being adapted to receive said second sheath and to be crimped inwardly against said second sheath to bind the same in position with respect to said body.

Claim 4

The connector claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, in which said swivel nut has an internally threaded portion and a conical portion converging from one end of the threaded portion to a location of rupturable attachment to the body adjacent to and surrounding an intermediate region of the bore, the bore from said region to the said other end being defined by a distortable, thin-walled tube integral with the body, and capable of being upset to an expanded shape adapted to retain the swivel nut in position on the body once the attachment between the body and nut has been ruptured.

Claim 5

The connector claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, in which said swivel nut has an internally threaded portion and a further portion adjacent said threaded portion, the nut being rupturably attached to said body at the end of said further portion remote from said threaded portion, said further portion having inwardly distortable means which when distorted inwardly decrease the effective inner diameter of said further portion, the part of the body to which said further portion is initially attached being of an outer diameter slightly less than said inner diameter, and having an adjacent circumferential inward recess into which the said inwardly distortable means can project without binding, after the swivel nut has been ruptured from the body and moved axially in the direction toward the body.

Claim 6

A connector comprising: a body, and a swivel nut integral with said body through a weak bridge portion capable of rupture to free the swivel nut, there being distortable means provided to capture the swivel nut with respect to the body after rupture, said swivel nut having an internally threaded portion and a further portion adjacent said threaded portion, the nut being rupturably attached to said body at the end of said further portion remote from said threaded portion, said further portion having inwardly distortable means which when distorted inwardly decrease the effective inner diameter of said further portion, the part of the body to which said further portion is initially attached being of an outer diameter slightly less than said inner diameter, and having an adjacent circumferential inward recess into which the said inwardly distortable means can project without binding, after the swivel nut has been ruptured from the body and moved axially in the direction toward the body.

Claim 7

A connector comprising: a body, and a swivel nut integral with said body through a weak bridge portion capable of rupture to free the swivel nut, there being distortable means provided to capture the swivel nut with respect to the body after rupture, said swivel nut having an internally threaded portion and a further portion adjacent said threaded portion, the nut being rupturably attached to said body at the end of said further portion remote from said threaded portion, said further portion having inwardly distortable means which when distorted inwardly decrease the effective inner diameter of said further portion, the part of the body to which said further portion is initially attached being of an outer diameter slightly less than said inner diameter, and having an adjacent circumferential inward recess into which the said inwardly distortable means can project without binding, after the swivel nut has been ruptured from the body and moved axially in the direction toward the body.