Coaxial cable connector

Claim 2

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing, said housing includes a ground contact and a signal contact, said electrical connector being characterized in that: the housing includes an arch-shaped latch member formed on a side of said housing, and the cover includes a key member for registering with said arch-shaped member when the cover is joined to the housing; and said housing and cover each include a respective hole, said holes are adapted to receive a separable fastening means and said cover includes a tongue member for retaining said separable fastening means, the signal contact comprises a hollow insulation displacement member which internally accommodates a complementarily shaped protrusion on said cover for stuffing a jacketed core conductor into an insulation displacement slot when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 3

The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the signal contact comprises an acute angle bend for providing flexibility to the end of the signal contact for engaging a core conductor of a coaxial cable.

Claim 4

The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the signal contact is generally hollow and cylindrical, and the protrusion has a generally frusto-conical shape for fitting into the hollow portion of the signal contact.

Claim 5

The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the jacketed core conductor is pushed into an insulation displacement slot by the shaped protrusion and an additional lug formed on the cover.

Claim 6

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing, said housing includes a ground contact and a signal contact, said electrical connector comprising: an arch-shaped latch formed on the housing adapted to engage a latch formed on the cover, and a screw fastener disposed in a hole formed in said cover, said latch and fastener are adapted to secure said cover to said housing, wherein the signal contact comprises a hollow insulation displacement portion, which portion is adapted to internally accommodate a complementarily shaped protrusion formed on said cover for stuffing a jacketed core conductor into the insulation displacement slot when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 7

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing, said housing includes a ground contact and a signal contact, said electrical connector comprising: an arch-shaped latch formed on the housing adapted to engage a latch formed on the cover, and a screw fastener disposed in a hole formed in said cover, said latch and fastener are adapted to secure said cover to said housing, wherein the signal contact comprises a hollow insulation displacement portion, which portion is adapted to internally accommodate a complementarily shaped protrusion formed on said cover for stuffing a jacketed core conductor into the insulation displacement slot when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 8

The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the screw fastener is located on a side opposite of the arch-shaped member, for providing a mechanical connection between the housing and the cover when the cover is closed and the latch member and the screw fastener are engaged by the housing.

Claim 9

The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein said screw fastener is retained in a hole by a flexible tongue formed on the cover.

Claim 10

The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the signal contact comprises an acute angle bend for providing flexibility to the end of the signal contact for engaging a core conductor of a coaxial cable.

Claim 11

The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the protrusion has a generally frusto-conical shape for fitting into the hollow insulation displacement portion of the signal contact and stuffing said jacketed core therein.

Claim 12

The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein the jacketed core conductor is pushed into an insulation displacement slot by the shaped protrusion and an additional lug formed on the cover.

Claim 13

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing for connection with a jacketed conductor, said housing includes a ground contact and a signal contact, said electrical connector comprising: a hollow insulation displacement portion formed on said signal contact, which portion is adapted to internally accommodate a complementarily shaped protrusion formed on said cover for stuffing said jacketed conductor into the insulation displacement portion when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 14

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing for connection with a jacketed conductor, said housing includes a ground contact and a signal contact, said electrical connector comprising: a hollow insulation displacement portion formed on said signal contact, which portion is adapted to internally accommodate a complementarily shaped protrusion formed on said cover for stuffing said jacketed conductor into the insulation displacement portion when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 15

The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the protrusion has a generally frusto-conical shape for fitting into the hollow insulation displacement portion of the signal contact and stuffing said jacketed conductor therein.

Claim 16

The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the jacketed conductor is pushed into an insulation displacement portion by the shaped protrusion and an additional lug formed on the cover.

Claim 17

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing, the housing including a ground contact, a signal contact and an arch-shaped latch member, and the cover including a key member for registering with the arch-shaped member when the cover is joined to the housing, characterized in that the signal contact comprises a hollow insulation displacement member which internally accommodates a complementarily shaped protrusion on the cover for stuffing a jacketed core conductor into an insulation displacement slot when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 18

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing, the housing including a ground contact, a signal contact and an arch-shaped latch member, and the cover including a key member for registering with the arch-shaped member when the cover is joined to the housing, characterized in that the signal contact comprises a hollow insulation displacement member which internally accommodates a complementarily shaped protrusion on the cover for stuffing a jacketed core conductor into an insulation displacement slot when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 19

The electrical connector of claim 14, wherein the signal contact is generally hollow and cylindrical, and the protrusion has a generally frusto-conical shape for fitting into the hollow portion of the signal contact.

Claim 20

The electrical connector of claim 14, wherein the jacketed core conductor is pushed into an insulation displacement slot by the shaped protrusion and an additional lug formed on the cover.

Claim 21

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing, the housing including a ground contact, a signal contact and an arch-shaped latch adapted to engage a latch formed on the cover, characterized in that the cover and the housing have aligned holes into which a screw fastener is inserted, and that the signal contact comprises a hollow insulation displacement portion adopted to internally accommodate a complementarily shaped protrusion formed on the cover for stuffing a jacketed core conductor into the insulation displacement slot when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 22

An electrical connector having a cover and a housing, the housing including a ground contact, a signal contact and an arch-shaped latch adapted to engage a latch formed on the cover, characterized in that the cover and the housing have aligned holes into which a screw fastener is inserted, and that the signal contact comprises a hollow insulation displacement portion adopted to internally accommodate a complementarily shaped protrusion formed on the cover for stuffing a jacketed core conductor into the insulation displacement slot when the cover is joined to the housing.

Claim 23

The electrical connector of claim 17, wherein the protrusion has a generally frusto-conical shape for fitting into the hollow insulation displacement portion of the signal contact and stuffing the jacketed core therein.

Claim 24

The electrical connector of claim 18, wherein the jacketed core conductor is pushed into an insulation displacement slot by the shaped pro,fusion and an additional lug formed on the cover.

Claim 25

An electrical connector for electrical connection with a signal conductor and an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, comprising: a dielectric housing having a ground contact secured therein for electrical connection to the outer conductor of the coaxial cable and a signal contact secured in the housing for electrical connection to the signal conductor of the coaxial cable; a dielectric cover member hingedly connected to said housing including pressing lugs thereon for pressing the outer conductor and the signal conductor into electrical engagement with the ground contact and the signal contact when the cover member is positioned onto said housing; latching members along one side of said housing and said cover member for latching said housing and said cover member together along the one side; and said housing and said cover member having aligned holes when the cover member and the housing are in engagement adjacent the other side of said housing and said cover member to accommodate a screw fastener to secure the cover member and the housing in engagement.

Claim 26

An electrical connector for electrical connection with a signal conductor and an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, comprising: a dielectric housing having a ground contact secured therein for electrical connection to the outer conductor of the coaxial cable and a signal contact secured in the housing for electrical connection to the signal conductor of the coaxial cable; a dielectric cover member hingedly connected to said housing including pressing lugs thereon for pressing the outer conductor and the signal conductor into electrical engagement with the ground contact and the signal contact when the cover member is positioned onto said housing; latching members along one side of said housing and said cover member for latching said housing and said cover member together along the one side; and said housing and said cover member having aligned holes when the cover member and the housing are in engagement adjacent the other side of said housing and said cover member to accommodate a screw fastener to secure the cover member and the housing in engagement.