1. A coaxial cable connector comprising a grounding member, a post and a nut, wherein:
the grounding member comprises a ring portion and a plurality of fingers extending radially from the ring portion in a radially outward direction;
the fingers extend to a radially outer position towards the coupling nut and serve to connect a ground path from the coupling nut to the tubular post while allowing the coupling nut to rotate,
wherein the post includes a head at a front end of the post, the head of the post includes an outwardly-directed enlarged shoulder, and the nut includes an inwardly-directed flange that extends over and around the shoulder of the tubular post.
2. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the nut is free to rotate relative to the post and the grounding member, and the nut includes an internally-threaded region.
3. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the post includes a first end adapted to be inserted into a prepared end of a coaxial cable between a dielectric material and an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.
4. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a body secured to and in direct contact with the post.
5. A coaxial cable connector comprising a grounding member, a post and a nut, wherein:
the grounding member comprises a ring portion and a plurality of fingers extending radially from the ring portion in a radially outward direction;
the grounding member includes contact portions contacting the post and the nut to provide for an electrically-conductive path through the post and the nut; and
the electrically-conductive path includes the plurality of fingers,
wherein the post includes a head at a front end of the post, the head of the post includes an outwardly-directed enlarged shoulder, and the nut includes an inwardly-directed flange that extends over and around the shoulder of the tubular post.
6. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein the ring portion of the grounding member is substantially flat.
7. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein the ring portion of the grounding member lies in a plane extending from an inner diameter of the ring portion to an outer diameter of the grounding member.
8. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 7 wherein the plurality of fingers extend radially from the outer diameter of the ring portion.
9. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 7 wherein the outer diameter of the ring portion is interrupted by the plurality of fingers.
10. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein the fingers are arranged symmetrically about the ring portion of the grounding member.
11. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein the grounding member comprises at least two fingers arranged in diametric opposition across the ring portion of the grounding member.
12. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein the fingers extend radially from the ring portion at an angle from the plane of the ring portion.
13. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein the fingers extend radially from the ring portion at about a 45\xb0 angle from the plane of the ring portion.
14. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein the grounding member is constructed of a metallic material.
15. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein:
the grounding member comprises a radial grounding member;
the post comprises a tubular post;
the nut comprises a coupling nut.
16. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the nut is free to rotate relative to the post and the grounding member, and the nut includes an internally-threaded region.
17. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the post includes a first end adapted to be inserted into a prepared end of a coaxial cable between a dielectric material and an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.
18. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a body secured to and in direct contact with the post.
19. A coaxial cable connector comprising a grounding member, a post and a nut, wherein:
the grounding member comprises a ring portion and a plurality of fingers, wherein at least a portion of each finger is located in a radially outward position with respect to the ring portion;
the grounding member includes contact portions contacting the post and the nut to provide for an electrically-conductive path through the post and the nut;
the electrically-conductive path includes at least one spring finger; and
the post includes a head at a front end of the post, the head of the post includes an outwardly-directed enlarged shoulder, and the nut includes an inwardly-directed flange that extends over and around the shoulder of the tubular post.
20. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 19, wherein the ring portion of the grounding member is substantially flat.
21. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 19, wherein each finger of the plurality of fingers is a spring finger.
22. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 21, wherein the grounding member contacts a portion of the nut and a portion of the post.
23. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 19, wherein the nut is free to rotate relative to the post and the grounding member, and the nut includes an internally-threaded region, and wherein the post includes a first end adapted to be inserted into a prepared end of a coaxial cable between a dielectric material and an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.
24. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 19, further comprising a body secured to and in direct contact with the post.
25. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 24, further comprising a sealing ring for forming a moisture seal between the nut and the body.
26. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 25, wherein the inwardly-directed flange of the nut is axially positioned between the sealing ring and the outwardly-directed enlarged shoulder of the post.
27. A coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 19, wherein a portion of the grounding member extends in an axially forward direction with respect to an axial dimension of the ring portion, and a portion of the grounding member extends in an axially rearward direction with respect to the axial dimension of the ring portion.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-executable program for detecting internal resistance of an inspective rechargeable battery, said program being stored on a computer-readable medium and having incorporated therein a detecting method for detecting internal resistance of an inspective rechargeable battery when said inspective rechargeable battery is charged by a constant current-constant voltage charging regime comprising a constant current charging mode and a constant voltage charging mode in that charging is commenced by said constant current charging mode at a constant current value I0 and after the battery voltage of said inspective rechargeable battery reaches a given voltage value Vmax, the charging is performed by said constant voltage charging mode at a constant voltage Vmax until the termination thereof, said detecting method comprising the steps of:
(a) obtaining an accumulated, charged electricity quantity of said inspective rechargeable battery in said constant voltage charging mode; and
(b) comparing said charged electricity quantity obtained in said step (a) to previously acquired data of a normal rechargeable battery in said constant voltage charging mode, said normal rechargeable battery corresponding to said inspective rechargeable battery,
wherein said previously acquired data are with respect to relationships between charged electricity quantities Qcv of said normal rechargeable battery and increased or decreased internal resistances of said normal rechargeable battery or between said charged electricity quantities Qcv and increased or decreased magnitudes of said internal resistances,
wherein when said inspective rechargeable battery has an electricity storable capacity which is reduced to a magnitude of D time that of said normal rechargeable battery, where D is a constant of 0<D\u22661, said detecting method further includes a step of correcting said charged electricity quantity obtained in said step (a) by multiplying said charged electricity quantity by 1D time, wherein the corrected electrical quantity is compared to said previously acquired data of said normal rechargeable battery described in said step (b), and
wherein in a case where it is presumed that said electricity storable capacity of said inspective rechargeable battery is reduced to a magnitude of D time that of said normal rechargeable battery, when a duration from a shift time when said constant current charging mode at said constant current value I0 is shifted to said constant voltage charging mode at said constant voltage Vmax until a time when the charging current value in said constant voltage charging mode reaches a prescribed current value IM and an electricity quantity charged in said constant voltage charging mode are made to be respectively tM\u2032 and Qcv\u2032 for said inspective rechargeable battery and tM and Qcv for said normal rechargeable battery, in accordance with a function formula D=(Qcv\u2032\u2212I0\xd7tM\u2032)(Qcv\u2212I0\xd7tM), said electricity storable capacity of said inspective rechargeable battery is estimated to be D time that of said normal rechargeable battery.
2. The computer-executable program according to claim 1, wherein said prescribed current value IM is in a range of 0.4\xd7I0\u2266IM\u22660.6\xd7I0 with respect to said charging current value I0 in said constant current charging mode.
3. The computer-executable program according to claim 1, wherein said previously acquired data of said normal rechargeable battery include previously measured data of said relationships of said normal rechargeable battery, function formulas obtained from said measured data, and function formulas based on said measured data which are obtained by way of simulation by a computer, wherein said previously acquired data of said normal rechargeable battery include data of relationships between said charged electricity quantities Qcv of said normal rechargeable battery and resistance values rs based on resistors or include data of relationships between said charged electricity quantities Qcv and internal resistance values (R1+rs) of said normal rechargeable battery, wherein said data of relationships between said charged electricity quantities Qcv and said internal resistance values (R1+rs) are obtained by a method wherein each of a plurality of resistors each having a different resistance value (rs) is separately connected to said normal rechargeable battery in series connection to artificially increase an internal resistance value (R1) of said normal rechargeable battery to a resistance value (R1+rs) as an artificially internal resistance value, wherein in each case where one of said plurality of resistors is connected to said normal rechargeable battery, said normal rechargeable battery is charged by said constant current-constant voltage charging regime comprising said constant current charging mode and said constant voltage charging mode in that charging is commenced by said constant current charging mode at said constant current value I0 and after the battery voltage of said normal rechargeable battery reaches said given voltage value Vmax, the charging is performed by said constant voltage charging mode at said constant voltage Vmax until the termination thereof, and wherein in each case where one of said plurality of resistors is connected to said normal rechargeable battery, a charged electricity quantity Qcv of said normal rechargeable battery is measured and a relationship between said charged electricity quantity Qcv and said artificially internal resistance value of said normal rechargeable battery is obtained.
4. The computer-executable program according to claim 3, wherein in each case where one of said plurality of resistors is connected to said normal rechargeable battery, an open-circuit voltage Voc of said normal rechargeable battery when the battery voltage reaches said voltage value Vmax is measured and a charged electricity quantity Qcv of said normal rechargeable battery in said constant voltage charging mode at that time is measured, and from said constant current value I0 in said constant current charging mode, said measured open-circuit voltage Voc and said measured charged electricity quantity Qcv and from a function formula R=(Vmax\u2212Voc)I0, an internal resistance value of said normal rechargeable battery whose internal resistance value is artificially increased to (R1+rs) is computed, and a relationship between said measured charged electricity quantity Qcv and said computed internal resistance value of said normal rechargeable battery is obtained.
5. The computer-executable program according to claim 1, wherein a time point when said charged electricity quantity of said inspective rechargeable battery in said constant voltage charging mode is measured is any of the following three time points:
(1) a time point when the charging current in said constant voltage charging mode is sufficiently decreased to a prescribed current value (Imin);
(2) a time point when a prescribed time (tn) elapses since the time when the charging current value in said constant voltage charging mode reaches a prescribed current value (In); and
(3) a time point when a prescribed time (tf) elapses since the time when said constant current charging mode is shifted to said constant voltage charging mode.
6. The computer-executable program according to claim 1, wherein after said internal resistance of said inspective rechargeable battery is predicted to be R on the basis of said previously acquired data, it is presumed that a total discharged electricity quantity Cd of said normal rechargeable battery whose internal resistance is R1 is expressed by Cd=CN\xd7f\u2014T, I(R1) from an electricity storable capacity CN of said normal rechargeable battery and a correction coefficient f\u2014T, I(R1) for a discharged electricity quantity of said normal rechargeable battery which is determined by said internal resistance R1 at a battery temperature T and a discharging current I, and wherein in a case where electricity storable capacity is not reduced in said inspective rechargeable battery, a total discharged electricity quantity Cd\u2032 of said inspective rechargeable battery is expressed by Cd\u2032=CN\xd7f\u2014T, I(R1) from said electricity storable capacity CN of said normal rechargeable battery and a correction coefficient f\u2014T, I(R) for a discharged quantity of said normal rechargeable battery having said internal resistance value R at a battery temperature T and a discharging current I, with said internal resistance value R being computed by artificially increasing R1 by a magnitude of rs, and wherein when for an instrument in which said inspective rechargeable battery is used as a power source, an average consumption electric current of the instrument is made to be i, an average consumption power of the instrument is made to be p, an average discharging voltage of said normal rechargeable battery when it is discharged at a discharging current value i is made to be Vm, and an average discharging voltage of said inspective rechargeable battery when it is discharged at said discharging current value i is made to be Vm\u2032, a time h during which said instrument is capable of being operated is computed in accordance with an equation
h=Cd\u2032i or h=(Vm\u2032\xd7Cd\u2032)p, where Vm\u2032=Vm\u2212i\xd7( R\u2212R1)=Vm\u2212i\xd7rs.
7. The computer-executable program according to claim 6, wherein said correction coefficient f\u2014T, I(R1) for said discharged electricity quantity of said normal rechargeable battery is selected from (i) previously acquired data relating to correction coefficients for discharged electricity quantities and (ii) function formulas obtained by simulation by a computer based on said previously acquired data relating to correction coefficients, wherein said previously acquired data of said normal rechargeable battery include data of relationships between internal resistance values (R1+rs) and discharged electricity quantities Cd of said normal rechargeable battery, wherein said internal resistance values (R1+rs) and said discharged electrical quantities Cd are obtained by a method wherein each of a plurality of resistors each having a different resistance value (rs) is separately connected to said normal rechargeable battery in series connection to artificially increase said internal resistance value (R1) of said normal rechargeable battery to a resistance value (R1+rs) as an artificially increased resistance value, and wherein in each case where one of said plurality of resistors is connected to said normal rechargeable battery, said normal rechargeable battery is charged by said constant current-constant voltage charging regime comprising said constant current charging mode and said constant voltage charging mode in that charging is commenced by said constant current charging mode at said constant current value I0 and after the battery voltage of said normal rechargeable battery reaches said given voltage value Vmax, the charging is performed by said constant voltage charging mode at said constant voltage Vmax until the termination thereof and after the charging is terminated, said normal rechargeable battery is discharged at a prescribed battery temperature T and a prescribed discharging current value I until the battery voltage of said normal rechargeable battery reaches a prescribed voltage value Vmin, where a discharged electricity quantity Cd is measured, and a relationship between said measured discharged electricity quantity Cd and said artificially increased internal resistance value of said normal rechargeable battery is obtained.
8. The computer-executable program according to claim 6, wherein said correction coefficient f\u2014T, I(R1) for said discharged electricity quantity of said normal rechargeable battery is selected from (i) previously acquired data relating to correction coefficients for discharged electricity quantities and (ii) function formulas obtained by simulation by a computer based on said previously acquired data relating to correction coefficients, wherein said previously acquired data of said normal rechargeable battery include data of relationships between internal resistance values (R1+rs) and discharged electricity quantities Cd of said normal rechargeable battery, wherein said internal resistance values (R1+rs) and said discharged electricity quantities Cd are obtained by a method wherein each of a plurality of resistors each having a different resistance value (rs) is separately connected to said normal rechargeable battery in series connection to artificially increase an internal resistance value (R1) of said normal rechargeable battery to a resistance value (R1+rs) as a pseudo-internal resistance value, and wherein in each case where one of said plurality of resistors is connected to said normal rechargeable battery, said normal rechargeable battery is charged by said constant current-constant voltage charging regime comprising said constant current charging mode and said constant voltage charging mode in that charging is commenced by said constant current charging mode at said constant current value I0 and after the battery voltage of said normal rechargeable battery reaches said given voltage value Vmax, the charging is performed by said constant voltage charging mode at said constant voltage Vmax until the termination thereof and after the charging is terminated, said normal rechargeable battery is discharged at a prescribed battery temperature T and a prescribed discharging current value I until the battery voltage of said normal rechargeable battery reaches a prescribed voltage value Vmin, where a discharged electricity quantity Cd of said normal rechargeable battery is measured, and an open-circuit voltage Voc of said normal rechargeable battery when the battery voltage reaches said voltage value Vmax, in said constant current-constant voltage charging operation is measured, and from said constant current value I0 in the constant current charging mode and said measured open-circuit voltage Voc and in accordance with a function formula R=(Vmax\u2212Voc)I0, an internal resistance value of said normal rechargeable battery whose internal resistance value is artificially increased to R, with R equaling R1+rs, is computed, and a relationship between said measured discharged electricity quantity Cd and said computed internal resistance value R of said normal rechargeable battery is obtained.
9. The computer-executable program according to claim 6, wherein in a case where said inspective rechargeable battery has an electricity storable capacity which is reduced to a magnitude of D time that of said normal rechargeable battery, where D is a constant of 0<D\u22661, it is presumed that said total discharged electricity quantity Cd\u2032 of said inspective rechargeable battery is expressed by Cd\u2032=D\xd7CN\xd7f\u2014T, I(R) from said electricity storable capacity CN of said normal rechargeable battery and said correction coefficient f\u2014T, I(R).