Electrical connector for braided coaxial cable

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR ATTACHMENT TO A SHIELDED CABLE HAVING AN INNER CONDUCTOR, A BRAIDED OUTER CONDUCTOR, AND AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL, THE CONNECTOR COMPRISING: (A) A HOLLOW BODY MEMBER RECEIVING AN END PORTION OF SAID CABLE; (B) A FRUSTO-CONICAL SLEEVE MEMBER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW BODY MEMBER AND A BORE ENCIRCLING SAID DIELECTRIC MATERIAL AND A TAPERED OUTER SURFACE FORMING A REDUCED DIAMETER AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID DIELECTRIC LAYER AND SAID BRAIDED CONDUCTORS; (C) A METALLIC MATRIX WHICH IS SOFT RELATIVE TO THE MATERIAL OF SAID OUTER CONDUCTOR DISPOSED ON A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE TAPERED OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SLEEVE MEMBER; (D) A COMPRESSION SLEEVE MEMBER DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID HOLLOW BODY MEMBER AND SAID FRUSTO-CONICAL SLEEVE MEMBER ENCIRCLING THE RECEIVED END OF SAID CABLE, SAID COMPRESSION SLEEVE MEMBER HAVING A TAPERED BORE COMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL TAPER OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID FRUSTO-CONICAL SLEEVE MEMBER AND GENERALLY COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH, AND (E) MEANS FORCING SAID COMPRESSION SLEEVE MEMBER AXIALLY WITHIN SAID BODY FORCING A PORTION OF SAID BRAIDED CONDUCTOR INTO SAID MATRIX.