Electrical connector

Claim 1

A CO-AXIAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF A CO-AXIAL CABLE HAVING ONE OR MORE ELECTRICALLY SHIELDED RELATIVELY LOW CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTORS, AN ELECTRICAL CORE SHIELD FOR SAID LOW CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTORS, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY HIGH CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTORS SURROUNDING SAID CORE SHIELD, SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLUG HALF AND A RECEPTACLE HALF, EACH OF SAID HALVES BEING CAPABLE OF BEING FIELD ASSEMBLED IN MOISTURE PROOF FASHION AND COMPRISING AN EXTERIOR TWO-PIECE BODY MEMBER, A MULTIPLE PIECE CONTACT ASSEMBLY CARRIED BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF SAID BODY MEMBER, SAID CONTACT ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS INCLUDING A CORE CONTACT MOUNTED IN A DIELECTRIC ASSEMBLY AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM INTO SAID BODY MEMBER, CERTAIN OF SAID CONTACTS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID HIGH CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTORS, AND SAID CORE CONTACT BEING FORMED OF A PAIR OF INTERCONNECTED SLEEVES AND HAVING A SECOND CONTACT ASSEMBLY MOUNTED IN THE FORWARDMOST SLEEVE, THE CONTACTS OF SAID SECOND CONTACT ASSEMBLY EXTENDING REARWARDLY INTO SAID REARWARDMOST SLEEVE AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID SHIELDED LOW CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTORS, FASTENING MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID CORE SHIELD, SAID REARWARDMOST SLEEVE BEING SPLIT AXIALLY TO FORM TWO PIECES TO FACILITATE THE CONNECTION OF SAID LOW CURRENT CONDUCTORS TO SAID CONTACTS OF SAID SECOND CONTACT ASSEMBLY, ONE OF SAID AXIALLY SPLIT PIECES BEING FORMED WITH ATTACHMENT MEANS AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS COOPERABLE WITH SAID FASTENING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CORE SHIELD AND COMPLEMENTAL ATTACHMENT MEANS FORMED AT THE REARWARD END OF SAID FORWARDMOST CORE SLEEVE, THE OTHER AXIALLY SPLIT PIECE BEING RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID COMPLEMENTAL ATTACHMENT MEANS AND SAID FASTENING MEANS TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS UNINTERRUPTED CORE SHIELD THROUGH SAID CONDUCTOR.