Quick connect coaxial cable connector

Claim 1

A coaxial connector assembly comprising: a first connector having an inner contact, an insulator surrounding the inner contact and an outer contact with an array of external threads; a second connector comprising a center contact mateable with the center contact of the first connector, an insulator surrounding the center contact and an outer contact surrounding the insulator and mateable with the outer contact of the first connector; a tubular adaptor with opposed mounting and mating ends, an array of internal threads being formed on the adaptor and being engaged with the threads on the first connector, the adaptor further having an outer cylindrical surface with an annular locking groove formed therein; a tubular lock body with opposed mounting and mating ends, the mounting end being securely mounted around the outer contact of the second connector, an annular locking groove being formed around an outer surface of the lock body, a plurality of resiliently deflectable fingers extending to the mating end, each said resilient deflectable finger of the lock body having an inwardly projecting locking bead releasably engaged in the locking groove of the adaptor; and a tubular locking ring movably mounted around the lock body, the locking ring having opposed front and rear ends, the front end of the locking ring surrounding the resilient fingers of the lock body, a plurality of resiliently deflectable fingers extending to the rear end of the locking ring, each said finger having an inwardly projecting detent releasably engaged in the groove on the lock body, the locking ring being movable on the lock body from a forward position where the locking ring prevents outward deflection of the locking fingers of the lock body and a rearward position where the locking ring permits outward deflection of the locking fingers of the lock body for connecting and disconnecting the first and second connectors.