Push-on coaxial connector
A push-on coaxial cable connector includes a port grip, a joint, and a cable clamp.
1. A push-on F-type coaxial connector comprising:
an electrically insulating bonnet including a port grip;
the bonnet including a mouth and a collar with a throat therebetween;
a post including a tubular stem, a neck, and an end bell;
the end bell in the bonnet throat and the neck in the bonnet collar;
a body forming an annular space about the post stem;
a body collar adjacent to the bonnet collar;
the post irrotatably fixed with respect to the bonnet and the body; and,
resilient end bell fingers for spreading to accept a port and the bonnet for resisting spreading of the end bell fingers.
2. The connector of claim 1 further including a bonnet throat wall for providing an interference fit between the bonnet and the end bell.
3. The connector of claim 1 further including an interference fit between the post neck and the bonnet collar.
4. The connector of claim 1 further including an interference between the post neck and the body collar.
5. The connector of claim 1 further comprising a spring ring surrounding the end bell, the spring ring for resisting radial deflection of end bell fingers.
6. The connector of claim 1 further comprising a bonnet mouth seal, the seal for sealing around a port inserted in the bonnet mouth.
7. The connector of claim 6 wherein the seal includes bonnet mouth threads.
8. The connector of claim 1 further including an end cap that engages the body.
9. The connector of claim 8 further including a wedge carried by the end cap, the wedge for wedging between the body and a coaxial cable inserted in the connector.
10. The connector of claim 8 wherein the end cap has a multisided cross-section such as a hexagon, the end cap for engaging and for compressing the body.