The invention describes a method of electrically and mechanically connecting the center conductor of a micro-coaxial RF cable to a coaxial cable connector or bulkhead without the use of traditional soldering or precision tools. The device is essentially a solderless, crimpless connector. The invention allows a cable installer to connect a micro-coaxial cable having a central conductor as small #30 AWG (0.25 mm) to a coaxial cable connector under field conditions. The invention employs a two-stage, spring loaded center pin holding device and a method for using the device to facilitate easy field installation while maintaining mechanical and electrical reliability.

A guide for coaxial cable end connectors having a crimping ring at one end of the connector which receives the end of the coaxial cable, a cylindrical insert disposed in a central bore of the connector body and has a recessed portion for loose-fitting insertion of the cable to maintain centered to the body as the cable is advanced with the body. In one form, the guide is free to be removed from the body once the cable is fully inserted, and in another form has a tubular insert through which the cable is inserted and advanced into engagement with an extension pin with the tubular insert in surrounding relation to the extension pin. In one form, a starter plug supports an extension pin in the body and facing the male end of the cable so that the male end will advance the extension pin toward the opposite end of the connector body as the cable is advanced into the body.

A guide for inserting the prepared end of a coaxial cable into the cylindrical post of an end connector of a coaxial cable. The guide is an elongated member that is fabricated of a resilient material having a plurality flat sides that come together at equal angles to form a number of corners. The bisectors of the corner angles all cross at the central axis of the guide with the length of each bisector between the center axis and the corner being substantially equal to or greater than the inside radius of the post. A central slot passes axially through the guide and a slit passes radially through one side wall of the guide to form an entrance that opens into the slot.

A fitting member for connecting a coaxial cable having an electrically conductive member to a second electrically conductive member. In one embodiment of the present invention, the fitting member comprises a connector body, an outer tube mounted to the connector body, an inner tube having a tube body for receiving a free end of the electrically conductive member of the coaxial cable therethrough, wherein the tube body comprises a neck portion, a flange extending from the neck portion, a first shoulder extending from the flange, a second shoulder extending from the first shoulder for engaging with the outer tube, a first step formed at the junction of the second shoulder and the first shoulder so as to limit the axial motion of the outer tube, a second step formed at the junction of the first shoulder and the flange, a third step formed at the junction of flange and the neck portion, and a sleeve tube insertable into the connector body for holding the coaxial cable.

A plug connector component, in particular for a coaxial plug or an optical plug connector, comprises a substantially cylindrical housing made of an electrically conductive material and constituting an external contact. The plug connector component further comprises an insulating body provided in the interior of the housing and made of plastics, and at least one latching collar on an outside of the housing. The housing has at least one recess, the latching collar is made of plastics and the latching collar and the insulating body are connected in one piece with each other right through the recess.