Plated plastic electrical connector and terminal device

Claim 1

IN A CONNECTOR FOR COAXIAL SHIELDED CABLE OF THE TYPE HAVING A CENTER CONDUCTOR SURROUNDED BY A DIELECTRIC MATERIAL AND AN OUTER CONDUCTOR, A PAIR OF BODY MEMBERS EACH HAVING A REAR SLEEVE EXTENSION OF A DIAMETER TO FIT WITHIN THE OUTER CONDUCTOR OF A CABLE AND EACH HAVING A BORE EXTENDING THROUGH EACH MEMBER OF A DIAMETER TO RECEIVE ALONG A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF EACH MEMBER THE CABLE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL SURROUNDING THE CENTER CONDUCTOR AND THE CENTER CONDUCTOR, EACH BODY MEMBER BEING COMPRISED OF A RIGID INSULATING MATERIAL THROUGHOUT WITH A HARD CONDUCTIVE PLATING BONDED TO THE SURFACE THEREOF ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE MEMBER AND PERIPHERALLY THEREAROUND AND OF A SUFFICIENT THICKNESS TO PROVIDE A STRENGTHENING OF SAID MEMBER WITH BOTH OF SAID BODY MEMBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY NONFLEXIBLE ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF TO PREVENT PLATING SEPARATION, MEANS TO TERMINATE A CABLE OUTER CONDUCTOR TO EACH MEMBER REAR SLEEVE EXTENSION, MEANS CARRIED WITHIN THE BORE OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID BODY MEMBERS TO INTERCONNECT THE CENTER CONDUCTORS OF CABLE AND MEANS TO COAXIALLY HOLD SAID BODY MEMBERS TOGETHERE WITH THE PLATING OF ONE MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE PLATING OF THE OTHER MEMBER TO INTERCONNECT OUTER CONDUCTIVE PATHS FORMED BY SAID PLATING ON SAID BODY MEMBERS WITHOUT FLEXING PORTIONS OF SAID BODY MEMBERS.