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1. An interface port comprising:
a body configured to be in electrical communication with a grounding conductor of a coaxial cable connector, configured to slideably receive a threaded coupler of the coaxial cable connector along an axis to engage the threaded coupler, and configured to rotate about the axis to disengage a thread profile surface of the threaded coupler; the body defining a substantially cylindrical outer periphery and an annular rim having a front face surface, the outer periphery defining a conductive outer surface and an elongate axis, the annular rim projecting inwardly from a forward portion of the outer periphery toward the elongate axis, the front face of the annular rim configured to be electrically connected to the grounding conductor of the coaxial cable connector, the cylindrical outer periphery, furthermore, having a plurality of resilient tabs arranged about an outer circumference of the body, each resilient tab having a free end extending radially outward from a connected end and being inclined relative to the elongate axis, the free end of each resilient tab being configured to move between a predisposed position and an engaged position, the free and connected ends each defining a distance from the elongate axis in each of the predisposed and engaged positions, the predisposed position characterized by the distance of the free ends being farther away from the axis than distance of the connected ends, the engaged position being characterized by the distance of the free ends being closer to the axis than the distance to the axis when the free ends are in the predisposed position, and resulting from the cable connector being axially slid forward along the axis to at least partially receive the body and until an angled edge of each free end engages a thread profile surface of the thread, the free ends configured to engage the thread profile surface in response to a force on the coaxial cable connector acting in a rearward direction along the axis, the connecting end of each resilient tab defining an effective hinge to outwardly bias the free end into root portion of the threaded coupler such that the free end may engage the thread profile surface of at least one of the spiral threads in the engaged position, the free end of each resilient tab defining an angled edge corresponding to a lead angle of the spiral thread of the threaded coupler, the angled edge engaging the working surface of the threaded coupler to disengage each resilient tab from the threaded coupler. |
