IP Library Granted Patent US 11,394,155
Granted Patent B2
US 11,394,155 · App. 17/102,428 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Interface for F-male connector

Inventor: Søren Baldus-Kunze (Slagelse, DK)
Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
H01R13/622H01R13/631H01R13/5219
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Patent No.
US 11,394,155
App. No.
17/102,428
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An F-male port includes a nut with internal threads that are configured to provide a mechanical fit and lock of the F-male port with an F-female port. The F-male port further includes a mating interface having an insert with an angled surface, wherein the mating interface is adaptable to differentials in surfaces of mated F-female ports. The F-male port also includes a nut retainer configured to hold the nut in place, wherein when the nut is torqued down, force is applied to the nut retainer and the nut retainer pulls the front of the insert with it to create a mechanical contact between the F-female port and the insert.

Claims (41)

1. An F-male port, comprising:

a nut with internal threads configured to provide a mechanical fit and lock of the F-male port with a F-female port;

a mating interface having an insert with an angled surface, wherein the mating interface is configured to contact and adapt to differentials in surfaces of mated F-female ports; and

a nut retainer configured to hold the nut in place, wherein when the nut is torqued down, force is applied to the nut retainer and the nut retainer pulls the front of the insert with it to create a mechanical contact between the F-female port and the insert.

2. The F-male port of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the mating interface is conical.

3. The F-male port of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the mating interface is concave.

4. The F-male port of claim 1 , wherein the angled surface of the angle of the insert ranges from about 0.5 degrees to about 45 degrees.

5. The F-male port of claim 1 , further comprising a dielectricum retainer configured as an inner lip of the angled surface, wherein the dielectricum retainer prevents a cable threaded through the F-male port from protruding into the nut.

6. The F-male port of claim 1 , wherein the mating interface is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and when mated with a tilted interface of the F-female port, as the mating interface self-centers, the mating interface aligns the nut to be torqued in a centered position.

7. The F-male port of claim 1 , wherein the mating interface is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and adaptable to a front of a connector face if there is a height differential.

8. The F-male port of claim 1 , wherein the mating interface is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and adaptable to an opening of a mated F-female port.

9. The F-male port of claim 1 , further comprising a sealing O-ring.

10. A connector, comprising:

an F-female port comprising a mating surface; and

an F-male port comprising:

a nut with internal threads, having a mechanical fit and lock of the F-male port with the F-female port;

a mating interface comprising an insert with an angled surface, wherein the mating interface is configured to contact and adapt to differentials in surfaces of mated F-female ports; and

a nut retainer that holds the nut in place, wherein when the nut is torqued down, force is applied to the nut retainer and the nut retainer pulls the front of the insert with it to contact between the F-female port and the insert.

11. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the mating interface of the F-male port is a conical interface.

12. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the mating interface of the F-male port has a concave design.

13. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the angled surface of the insert of the F-male port has an angle ranging from about 0.5 degrees to 45 degrees.

14. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the F-male port further comprises a dielectricum retainer configured as an inner lip of the angled surface, and wherein the dielectricum retainer prevents a cable threaded through the F-male port from protruding into the nut.

15. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the mating interface of the F-male port is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and when mated with a tilted surface of the F-female port, as the mating interface self-centers, the mating interface aligns the nut to be torqued in a centered position.

16. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the mating interface of the F-male port is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and adaptable to a front of a connector face when there is a height differential.

17. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the mating interface is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and adaptable to an opening of a mated F-female port.

18. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the F-male port further comprising an O-ring.

19. A connector, comprising:

a nut with internal threads configured to provide a mechanical fit and lock of the connector with an F-female port;

a mating interface having an angled interface surface, the angled interface surface being configured to contact a surface of a mated F-female port;

a nut retainer configured to retain the nut on the connector;

wherein the nut is configured to apply a force to the nut retainer when the nut is tightened to the mated F-female port such that the angled interface surface mechanically contacts a contacted surface of the mated F-female port; and

wherein the mating interface is configured to adapt to differentials in the contacted surface of the mated F-female port.

20. The connector of claim 19 , wherein at least a portion of the angled interface surface is conical.

21. The connector of claim 19 , wherein at least a portion of the angled interface surface is concave.

22. The connector of claim 19 , wherein the angled interface surface has an angle ranging from about 0.5 degrees to 45 degrees.

23. The connector of claim 19 , wherein the connector further comprises a dielectricum retainer configured as an inner lip of the angled interface surface; and

wherein the dielectricum retainer prevents a cable threaded through the connector from protruding into the nut.

24. The connector of claim 19 , wherein the mating interface is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and when mated with a tilted surface of the F-female port, as the mating interface self-centers, the mating interface aligns the nut to be torqued in a centered position.

25. The connector of claim 19 , wherein the mating interface is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and adaptable to a front of a connector face when there is a height differential.

26. The connector of claim 19 , wherein the mating interface is self-centering with respect to a center axis of the F-female port and adaptable to an opening of a mated F-female port.

27. The connector of claim 19 , wherein the connector further comprising an O-ring.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF LLC
To: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
Reel/Frame 058220/0154 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2021
From: BALDUS-KUNZE, SOREN
To: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF LLC
Reel/Frame 055576/0634 →