EP0052980A2
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Kit of parts for a coaxial connector assembly
Assignee: TE Connectivity Corp
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Filing: 1981-11-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-11-11
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector assembly for coaxial cable includes, a conductive outer shell (6) connected to a conductive sheath (16) of the cable, a conductive center contact (8) connected to a center conductor (12) of the cable, a hollow retention spring (2) carrying spring fingers (22) doubled back on themselves and distributed against the interior periphery of the shell (6). and a plug (4) surrounding the center contact with a composite dielectric of concentric, resilient dielectric sleeves (34, 36) separated by a dielectric air space (33),
Inventors
- 👤 John Cooley Lathrop
- 👤 Ronald Clair Laudig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:48
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R24/00; H01R24/38; H01R24/40; H01R24/42; H01R24/44; H01R2103/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A kit of parts for a coaxial connector assembly in which a conductive outer shell (6) is adapted for connection at one end to an outer conductor (16) of an electrical coaxial cable and at a second end mateably to another complementary coaxial connector assembly (56), a conductive center contact (8) is adapted for connection to a center conductor (12) of the cable, a hollow conductive spring element (2) is adapted for insertion within and contacting the outer shell (6), and a unitary dielectric plug (4) is adapted for press fit assembly with the spring element (6) and contains an air space dielectric (33), and the center contact (8) is adapted for press fit with the dielectric plug (4), characterized in that, the spring element (2) includes spring fingers (22) having portions doubled back on themselves and adapted for distribution against the inner periphery of the shell (6) at the second end, and the outer shell includes a radially inward lip (66) overlying at least partially the doubled back portions of the spring fingers (22).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A kit of parts for a coaxial connector assembly in which a conductive outer shell (6) is adapted for connection at one end to an outer conductor (16) of an electrical coaxial cable and at a second end mateably to another complementary coaxial connector assembly (56), a conductive center contact (8) is adapted for connection to a center conductor (12) of the cable, a hollow conductive spring element (2) is adapted for insertion within and contacting the outer shell (6), and a unitary dielectric plug (4) is adapted for press fit assembly with the spring element (6) and contains an air space dielectric (33), and the center contact (8) is adapted for press fit with the dielectric plug (4), characterized in that, the spring element (2) includes spring fingers (22) having portions doubled back on themselves and adapted for distribution against the inner periphery of the shell (6) at the second end, and the outer shell includes a radially inward lip (66) overlying at least partially the doubled back portions of the spring fingers (22).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
The kit of parts according to Claim 1, further characterized in that; the plug (4) includes an outer resilient sleeve (36) of solid dielectric adapted for press fit in the shell (6), an inner resilient sleeve (34) of solid dielectric adapted for press fit with the center contact (8), and the air space dielectric (33) is coaxially positioned between the sleeves (34, 36).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A kit of parts for an electrical coaxial connector assembly as recited in Claim 1 or Claim 2, further characterized in that the second end of the outer shell (6) includes a radially inward projecting lip (66).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
A kit of parts for an electrical coaxial connector assembly as recited in Claim 1 or Claim 2, further characterized in that, the dielectric plug (4) has an enlarged end portion (36) adapted for projection from the spring element (2) and for press fit in the shell (6).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
A kit of parts for an electrical coaxial connector as recited in Claim 1 or Claim 2, further characterized in that the center contact (8) includes an external annular recess (48), and the inner resilient sleeve
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
(34) includes a radially projecting internal ridge (35) adapted for registration in the annular recess (48) of the center contact.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
(34) includes a radially projecting internal ridge (35) adapted for registration in the annular recess (48) of the center contact.
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