Electrical connectors for coaxial cables

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IN AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR A COAXIAL CABLE OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A SOLID TUBULAR DIELECTRIC HAVING AN INNER CONDUCTOR FITTING THERETHROUGH AND AT LEAST AN OUTER TUBULAR CONDUCTOR COVERING ALONG SAID DIELECTRIC, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TAPERED FUNNEL ELEMENT FOR SLIDABLY RECEIVING THEREIN THE END PORTION OF THE TUBULAR DIELECTRIC OF THE CABLE WHEREBY SAID ELEMENT SHALL LIE BETWEEN SAID DIELECTRIC AND THE OUTER TUBULAR CONDUCTOR OF THE CABLE AND SHALL CONTACT SAID OUTER CONDUCTOR, THE EXTENDING BARE END OF THE INNER CONDUCTOR EXTENDING OUT OF SAID ELEMENT, A CONDUCTIVE TUBULAR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A TUBULAR MEMBER POSITIONED ABOUT AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID ELEMENT MEANS WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER ACTING AS A STOP TO LIMIT THE MOVEMENT OF SAID ELEMENT INTO SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND A CLAMP AND SEAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SLEEVE TO RECEIVE THE CABLE, HAVING A COUNTERBORE THEREIN IN THE END THEREOF FACING THE END OF THE CABLE, A CLAMPING RING EXTENDING PART WAY INTO SAID COUNTERBORE, SAID RING HAVING AN OUTWARD FLANGE AROUND THE END THEREOF WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF SAID COUNTERBORE, SAID SLEEVE AND RING BEING IN SLIDABLE RELATION, SAID RING SERVING WHEN SHIFTED TOWARDS THE END OF THE CABLE WHEN THE CABLE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TAPERED ELEMENT, TO COOPERATE WITH SAID TAPERED ELEMENT TO CLAMP THE OUTER TUBULAR CONDUCTOR OF THE CABLE BETWEEN THEM, A SEALING GASKET RING WITHIN SAID COUNTERBORE BETWEEN SAID RING AND THE SEAT OF SAID COUNTERBORE, ADAPTED WHEN COMPRESSED TO CONTACT THE OUTSIDE OF THE CABLE, ANOTHER SEALING GASKET RING ABOUT SAID CLAMPING RING BETWEEN THE SLEEVE AND THE FLANGE ON THE CLAMPING RING, ADAPTED WHEN COMPRESSED, TO SEAL THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID SLEEVE AND SAID CONDUCTIVE TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING PART OF THE SLEEVE THEREIN AND IN TELESCOPIC RELATION THEREWITH, COOPERATIVE MEANS ON SAID SLEEVE AND SAID TUBULAR MEMBER TO HOLD THEM TOGETHR TO MAINTAIN SAID GRIP EFFECTIVELY AND COOPERATIVE MEANS ON SAID SLEEVE AND CLAMPING RING TO LIMIT THE EXTENT OF THEIR RELATIVE SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREBY LIMITING THE COMPRESSION OF SAID SEALING GASKETS.