Signal continuity connector

摘要

A male coaxial cable connector includes spring with tines and a fastener wherein the spring is housed by the fastener and distal ends of the spring tines are arranged to provide a spring mouth.

主权项

1. An F-Type male connector for terminating a coaxial cable the connector comprising:
an electrically conductive spring having a plurality of tines extending from a spring base; the tines arranged such that they encircle an imaginary axis perpendicular to the spring base and passing through a center of the spring base; the spring engaging a coaxial cable connector ferrule having an exit end near the spring and an opposed entry end; a mouth of the spring located in an imaginary plane defined by distal tips of the spring tines; and, insertion of a mating connector end into the spring mouth operative to lift the spring tines away from the axis and to provide an electric current path extending from a conductive outer surface of the mating connector to a ferrule engaging ground conductor of the coaxial cable.