Coaxial cable crimp connector

1. A connector for semi-rigid outer conductor coaxial cable, comprising:

a body provided with a connection interface at a connector end, a body bore and a crimp area around an outer surface of the body; and

a cylindrical sleeve with a sleeve bore dimensioned to receive the outer conductor therethrough;

the body bore dimensioned to receive the outer conductor together with the sleeve mounted upon the outer conductor and the outer conductor folded back over the sleeve, to a position along the body bore corresponding to the crimp area; and

a cable shoulder of the body projecting inward into the body bore; the cable shoulder positioned along a longitudinal axis of the body, whereby the sleeve is positioned under the crimp area when the outer conductor abuts the cable shoulder.

2. The connector of claim 1 , further including an environmental seal seated in a seal groove of the body bore, proximate a cable end of the crimp area.

3. The connector of claim 1 , further including a plurality of annular ridges in the crimp area.

4. The connector of claim 1 , further including an inner contact supported coaxial within the body bore by an insulator.

5. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve has a textured outer surface.

6. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve has a beveled edge at a connector end.

7. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is provided with a greater rigidity characteristic than the crimp area of the body.

8. The connector of claim 1 , further including an environmental seal seated in a seal groove of the body bore, proximate a cable end of the body.

9. The connector of claim 8 , wherein the environmental seal is an elastomer o-ring.

10. A method for interconnecting a coaxial cable with a connector, comprising the steps of:

removing a section of an outer sheath of the coaxial cable;

placing a cylindrical sleeve over an outer conductor of the coaxial cable;

folding the outer conductor over the sleeve;

inserting the coaxial cable into a body bore of a body, until the outer conductor abuts a cable shoulder of the body projecting inward into the body bore, which positions the sleeve is under a crimp area of the body; and

applying a crimp force to deform the crimp area to clamp the outer conductor between the sleeve and the body.

11. The method of claim 10 , further including the step of removing a section of a dielectric exposed by the folding of the outer conductor over the sleeve; and upon insertion of the coaxial cable into the body bore, an inner conductor of the coaxial cable is inserted into an inner contact of the connector.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein an environmental seal seated within a seal groove of the body bore seals against the outer sheath when the sleeve is under the crimp area.

13. A connector for semi-rigid outer conductor coaxial cable, comprising:

a body provided with a connection interface at a connector end, a body bore and a crimp area around an outer surface of the body; the body bore provided with a cable shoulder projecting inward into the body bore;

an environmental seal seated in a seal groove of the body bore, proximate a cable end of the body; and

a cylindrical sleeve with a sleeve bore dimensioned to receive the outer conductor therethrough;

the body bore dimensioned to receive the outer conductor together with the sleeve mounted upon the outer conductor and a portion of the outer conductor folded back over the sleeve, to a position along the body bore corresponding to the crimp area; and

the cable shoulder positioned along a longitudinal axis of the body, whereby the sleeve is positioned under the crimp area when the outer conductor abuts the cable shoulder.

14. The connector of claim 13 , further including a textured outer surface on the sleeve.

15. The connector of claim 13 , wherein the sleeve has a beveled edge at a connector end.

16. The connector of claim 13 , wherein the crimp area is located between the cable shoulder and the seal groove.

17. The connector of claim 13 , wherein the sleeve is provided with a greater rigidity characteristic than the crimp area of the body.