US 12,015,234 B2
Coaxial cable connectors having an anti-burst feature
Daniel Daoust, Syracuse, NY (US); Steve Stankovski, Clay, NY (US); and Harold Watkins, Chittenango, NY (US)
Assigned to PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed by PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/152,774.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/962,283, filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0226356 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 9/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/622 (2006.01); H01R 24/40 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 9/0521 (2013.01) [H01R 13/622 (2013.01); H01R 24/40 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coaxial cable connector comprising:
a body configured to be coupled with a prepared end of a coaxial cable;
a post configured to engage the body and an outer conductor of the coaxial cable when the connector is installed on the coaxial cable;
a nut rotatingly coupled to the post and having a forward end configured to be threadedly coupled with an interface port;
a sleeve surrounding the nut and extending forward from the nut in a direction opposite to the body;
wherein the sleeve has a forward portion that extends beyond the forward end of the nut by a length such that the sleeve is configured to contact an outer surface of the interface port before a center conductor of the coaxial cable contacts the interface port; and
wherein the sleeve is constructed from a material that is rigid such that the sleeve is configured to prevent axial compression and radial deflection of the sleeve when the connector is being coupled with the interface port, thereby aligning the connector with the port and preventing the center conductor from contacting any portion of the interface port other than a center conductor contact portion of the interface port.