	US 12,074,404 B2
	Torque limiting clamp for helical outer conductor cables
Thomas Sawyer Urtz, Jr., North Syracuse, NY (US); and Jeremy Charles Benn, Baldwinsville, NY (US)
Assigned to John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC, Liverpool, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/293,768
Filed by John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC, Liverpool, NY (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/063336 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/112833, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/773,573, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131285 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 9/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)

CPC H01R 9/0524 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5205 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. An RF connector, comprising:

a main body assembly extending along a radial axis an comprising,

a cap configured to translate along the radial axis,

a clamp positioned inside the cap; and

a seal interposed between the clamp and the cap,

wherein a clamp/seal interface is configured to keep the clamp and the cap rotationally fixed to each other while translating along the radial axis when subject to a torque that is less than a breakaway torque, and

wherein the cap and the clamp rotate relative to each other when subject to a torque that is greater than the breakaway torque.