US 12,224,520 B2
Electrical connector
Andriy Lozhko, Syracuse, NY (US)
Assigned to PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed by PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,032.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,156, filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0416472 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 24/54 (2011.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5213 (2013.01) [H01R 24/54 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable connector comprising:
a housing configured to define a first port, a second port, a third port, and a fourth port;
a conductive insert configured to be affixed within the housing;
a first conductive plug configured to be removably affixed to the housing;
a second conductive plug configured to be removably affixed to the housing;
wherein the first conductive plug includes a dust cap and an insulating pin which is configured to be rotationally fixed to the dust cap;
wherein the first conductive plug is configured to block moisture from entering the housing and is configured to push a first center conductor of a first cable against a first end of the conductive insert;
wherein the second conductive plug is configured to block moisture from entering the housing and is configured to push a second center conductor of a second cable against a second end of the conductive insert;
wherein the dust cap is configured to define a recess configured to receive the insulating pin and wherein the insulating pin is configured to be press-fitted into the recess;
wherein each of the first port, the second port, the third port, and the fourth port comprise a threaded bore;
wherein the conductive insert includes an elongated member which extends from a first housing end to a second housing end;
wherein a first end of the elongated member is configured to define a first threaded bore and a second threaded bore, and a second end of the elongated member is configured to define a third threaded bore and a fourth threaded bore;
wherein the first conductive plug is configured to engage the first center conductor to the first end of the conductive insert, and the second conductive plug is configured to engage the second center conductor to the second end of the conductive insert; and
wherein the first conductive plug and the second conductive plug are each configured to provide a single structure that blocks moisture and engages contact between the conductive insert against one of the first center conductor or the second center conductor.