Abstract Connector apparatus for connecting a coaxial cable to a strip transmission line on an etched circuit board is described including a resilient socket member mounted on the circuit board and a plug member attached to the end of the cable. The plug includes a tubular inner eyelet crimped onto the jacket of the cable and surrounded by an outer eyelet which clamps a portion of the outer conductor of the cable between such two eyelets by an interference fit. One end of the inner conductor of the coaxial cable extends out of the eyelets and is inserted into a hole in the circuit board which may contain a separate tubular inner socket member for connection to the signal conductor of the strip line. An outer socket member in the form of a split sleeve having a plurality of legs attached to the circuit board is connected to the ground conductor of the strip line and resiliently holds the plug member inserted therein.
A coaxial cable connector for terminating an end of a coaxial cable having an inner conductor surrounded by a sheath of insulation with an exposed section extending outwardly from the insulation and an outer conductor surrounded by a sheath of insulation with an exposed section of the outer conductor extending outwardly from the sheath of insulation, comprising: a fIrst ferrule means positioned on the sheath of insulation surrounding the outer conductor and a second ferrule means telescopically positioned on said first ferrule means, both of said ferrule means electrically connected by capturing the exposed section of the outer conductor therebetween, whereby both of said ferrule means and the inner conductor so assembled define a plug means; a first connector means resiliently connected only to the exposed section of the inner conductor thereby terminating the inner conductor and a second connector means resiliently connected to the second ferrule means thereby terminating only the outer conductor, whereby both of said connector means are independently connected to the coaxial cable and so assembled define a socket means mated to said plug means to terminate the end of the coaxial cable.
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A coaxial cable connector for terminating an end of a coaxial cable having an inner conductor surrounded by a sheath of insulation with an exposed section extending outwardly from the insulation and an outer conductor surrounded by a sheath of insulation with an exposed section of the outer conductor extending outwardly from the sheath of insulation, comprising: a fIrst ferrule means positioned on the sheath of insulation surrounding the outer conductor and a second ferrule means telescopically positioned on said first ferrule means, both of said ferrule means electrically connected by capturing the exposed section of the outer conductor therebetween, whereby both of said ferrule means and the inner conductor so assembled define a plug means; a first connector means resiliently connected only to the exposed section of the inner conductor thereby terminating the inner conductor and a second connector means resiliently connected to the second ferrule means thereby terminating only the outer conductor, whereby both of said connector means are independently connected to the coaxial cable and so assembled define a socket means mated to said plug means to terminate the end of the coaxial cable.