Angular rf connector

Claim 2

An angular RF connector comprising an aRcuate section of coaxial cable having an outer shield, inner conductor and dielectric therebetween, the ends of said inner conductor extending beyond the ends of said outer shield and dielectric, at least one end of said arcuate section containing no straight or tangential portion, and an adapter including an outer tubular conductor, an inner tubular contact and a dielectric therebetween, one end of said outer conductor of said adapter including a socket conforming to a surface generated by rotating said one end of said arcuate coaxial cable section around the axis of said adapter, said one end of said arcuate coaxial section matingly extending into said socket, said outer shield of said coaxial cable being conductively affixed to the outer conductor of said adapter and said inner conductor of said coaxial cable being engaged in said tubular contact of said adapter.

Claim 3

The connector of claim 1 wherein said outer tubular conductor of said adapter is externally threaded for coupling to internally threaded members.

Claim 4

The connector of claim 1 wherein another adapter is affixed to the other end of said arcuate coaxial cable section.

Claim 5

The connector of claim 1 and an internally threaded member conductively affixed to the other end of said coaxial cable section.

Claim 6

The connector of claim 1 wherein said one end of said adapter containing said socket extends axially beyond said dielectric of said adapter and is spaced therefrom by a shoulder which abuts the free end of said coaxial cable which extends into said socket.

Claim 7

The connector of claim 5 wherein the end of said dielectric of said coaxial cable section extends beyond said shoulder into a recess in and abuts said dielectric of said adapter.

Claim 8

An angular RF connector comprising an arcuate section of coaxial cable having an outer shield, inner conductor and dielectric therebetween, at least one end of said arcuate section containing no straight or tangential portion, the free end of said dielectric at said one end of the coaxial cable extending beyond the corresponding free end of said outer shield, the free end of the inner conductor at said one end of the coaxial cable extending beyond said dielectric, and an adapter including an outer tubular conductor one end of which includes a socket conforming to a surface generated by rotating said one end of said arcuate coaxial cable section around the axis of said adapter, said outer conductor of said adapter including an inner bore and an inner annular shoulder separating said socket and inner bore, a dielectric in said bore abutting one side of said shoulder, an inner tubular contact in said dielectric, said one end of said coaxial cable extending into said socket until the free end of said outer shield abuts the other side of said shoulder, at which point said adapter extends up to the point of tangency of said coaxial cable, said free end of said inner conductor being engaged in said tubular contact of said adapter and said outer shield of said coaxial cable being conductively affixed to said outer conductor of said adapter.

Claim 9

An angular RF connector comprising an arcuate section of coaxial cable having an outer shield, inner conductor and dielectric therebetween, at least one end of said arcuate section containing no straight or tangential portion, the free end of said dielectric at said one end of the coaxial cable extending beyond the corresponding free end of said outer shield, the free end of the inner conductor at said one end of the coaxial cable extending beyond said dielectric, and an adapter including an outer tubular conductor one end of which includes a socket conforming to a surface generated by rotating said one end of said arcuate coaxial cable section around the axis of said adapter, said outer conductor of said adapter including an inner bore and an inner annular shoulder separating said socket and inner bore, a dielectric in said bore abutting one side of said shoulder, an inner tubular contact in said dielectric, said one end of said coaxial cable extending into said socket until the free end of said outer shield abuts the other side of said shoulder, at which point said adapter extends up to the point of tangency of said coaxial cable, said free end of said inner conductor being engaged in said tubular contact of said adapter and said outer shield of said coaxial cable being conductively affixed to said outer conductor of said adapter.

Claim 10

The connector of claim 7 wherein said dielectric of said adapter includes a recess in the face thereof adjacent said shoulder and receiving the free end of said dielectric of said coaxial cable.