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Abstract

A coaxial cable end connector includes a tubular post having a first flange at a front end thereof and a port fastener rotatably supported on the front end of the post, the fastener having a second flange adapted to coact in mechanical interengagement with the first flange. The first and second flanges establish a non-planar interface of interengagement which acts as a signal seal in response to being interengaged. The first flange includes a surface indentation which coacts with a surface protuberance of the second flange in response to the fastener being connected to a signal port. In addition, an interference protuberance associated with the fastener coacts with an inclined surface associated with the tubular body to establish another non-planar interface of interengagement which acts as an additional signal seal. In a further embodiment, the port fastener includes a coupling nut with an internally threaded surface having an undersized thread portion proximate to the first and second flanges, such that the enlarged thread creates a locking effect and enhances the signal seal as the port fastener is threaded onto the signal port.

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