Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A coax connector module comprising a housing of electrically insulating material in which a plurality of electrical contact elements being arranged, each contact element having a contact side in the form of a coaxial inner and outer contact part, and a connecting side for mounting on a printed circuit board, wherein at the connecting side each contact element being provided with an electrical terminal connected to the inner contact part and having a connecting end for mounting on a printed circuit board, and a shield member in the form of an electrically conducting casing enclosing said terminal in an electrically insulating manner, said casing having at least one connecting end for mounting on a printed circuit board.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
A coax connector module according to Claim 1, wherein the contact elements are arranged in rows and columns, and one or more walls or wall parts situated between the respective connecting ends of adjacent casings of the contact elements in a column being of integral or partially common construction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
A coax connector module according to Claim 2, wherein the casings are of a box-type and essentially L-shaped, having a first and second leg, the outer contact part of a contact element is connected to the free end of the first leg, the at least one connecting end of the casing being situated at the free end of the second leg, and the oppositely situated walls of the second legs of adjacently situated casings are of integral or partially common construction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A coax connector module according to Claim 3, wherein the box-type casings at the free end of the first leg are provided with projecting parallel lips for electrically contacting and mechanically connecting a casing to the outer contact part of a contact element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A coax connector module according to Claim 4, wherein the lips are formed by two oppositely situated walls of a casing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A coax connector module according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the casing is constructed from walls of sheet metal or formed of a machined block of metal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
A coax connector module according to any of the preceding claims, wherein a casing and terminal, and the corresponding coaxial inner and outer contact part of one or more contact elements form a separate unit to be arranged in the housing, said unit and housing have means for mutually locking with one another.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
A coax connector module according to Claim 7, wherein the locking means comprise lips having a free end radially projecting from the outside surface of an outer contact part of a contact element, said free ends each engage in the assembled state in a recess in the housing of the connector module.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A coax connector module according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the connecting ends for mounting on a printed circuit board are either constructed as soldering ends or constructed for press-fit mounting thereof in a hole of a printed circuit board.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A unit according to claim 7, for use with a housing to form a coax connector module.