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Abstract

A coaxial connector for connecting a coaxial member to a mating component includes a front body, a rear body, a center conductor, and a nut. The nut surrounds the front body and is locked against rotation relative to the front body; however, the nut can slide axially relative to the front body. A first end of the front body has a threaded surface for engaging a mating threaded component. The rear body includes a central bore coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the front body. A first end of the rear body surrounds the second end of the front body and is rotatably and slidably secured thereto, as by a retaining ring, between retracted and extended positions. The second end of the rear body is adapted to engage a coaxial member, e.g., the end of a coaxial cable. The center conductor is supported within the central bore of the front body by a supporting insulator to electrically and mechanically couple a center conductor of the coaxial member to a center conductor of the aforementioned mating component. As the first end of the front body is threadedly engaged with the mating component, the nut bears against the rear body and pushes it away from the front body. An O-ring is disposed between the second end of the front body and the central bore of the rear body; the O-ring is compressed to form a seal as the nut forces the rear body toward its extended position away from the front body.

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