High-frequency cable connector

Claim 1

A high-frequency cable connector of the type receiving a plurality of coaxial cables at respective separate sides of the connector, said connector establishing a relay connection between those cables and comprising: a case body defining a front said and an open rear side, a front surface extending across said front side and including a receptacle adapted to receive a plug at the end of a first of the cables, an outer contactor disposed in said receptacle for making connection with an outer conductor of the first cable, said outer contactor including an external leg extending into said body toward said open rear side, a holder disposed within said body and including a compartment, inner contactor means disposed within said body between said front surface and said holder, said inner contactor including a first contacting part disposed in said compartment so as to be accessible to an inner conductor of a second of said cables at said rear side of said body, and a second contacting part electrically coupled to said first contacting part and arranged to make connection with an inner conductor of the first cable and thereby electrically couple the inner conductors of the first and second cables, an electrically conductive shield plate extending across said open rear side to shield said open rear side while exposing said first contacting part for contact with the second cable, said shield plate being electrically coupled to said extended leg of said outer contactor and enclosing the remainder of said open rear side, a cap member including first and second ends, said first end being mounted to said shield plate to enable said second end to be displaceable toward and away from said shield plate between first and second positions, respectively, in said second position said cap member being arranged to receive the second cable to enable an inner conductor thereof to be connected to said first contacting part, in said first position, said cap member retaining the second cable such that an outer conductor thereof is electrically coupled to said shield plate and thus is electrically coupled to an outer conductor of the first cable through said outer contactor, and a screw for securing said cap member in said first position thereof and to said shield plate.