Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
216 words
Coaxial connector module, comprising a housing of electrically insulating material provided with at least two electrical contact elements each having a contact side in the form of a coaxial inner and outer contact part for contacting a further connector and a right angle connection side for mounting on a printed circuit board in the form of an electrical conductor which is connected to the inner contact part and is provided with a connection end for mounting on the printed circuit board, said conductor is surrounded in an electrically insulating manner by a shielding casing of electrically conducting sheet material which is electrically connected to the outer contact part, said casing having an essentially circular cylindrical shape which towards the connection end of the conductor merges into two adjacent side-pieces provided with at least one connection end for mounting on the printed circuit board, characterised in that at least two contact elements are disposed above one another viewed from the connection side, wherein a first part of the side-pieces of the casing of a higher situated contact element bounds a circular cylindrical cross-section and engages on the circular cylindrical part of the adjacent casing situated lower down, while a second part of said side-pieces extends beyond the lower situated casing(s) and having at least one connection end.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
17 words
Coaxial connector module according to Claim 1, wherein said side-pieces are made resilient in their transverse direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
Coaxial connector module according to Claim 1 or 2, wherein the connection ends of a casing are projections formed near corner points of the side-pieces for surface mounting, with a flat end formed at right angles to said side-pieces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
Coaxial connector module according to Claim 3, wherein said casing is provided with a movable cover at the end facing away from the contact side of the contact element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
Coaxial connecter module according to Claim 4, wherein said cover is provided with an elongated lip and the casing having a groove for receiving said lip when mounting the cover to the casing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
Coaxial connector module according to Claim 4 or 5, wherein said cover is provided with at least one connection end for surface mounting.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
Coaxial connector module according to Claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein two or more contact elements disposed above one another form a separate unit for accommodation in the housing, which unit and housing are provided with means for interlocking thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
Coaxial connector module according to Claim 7, wherein said locking means comprise at least one groove formed in the housing and at least one corresponding lobe projecting from a casing, in such a manner that when the unit and the housing are mounted said at least one lobe engages in said at least one groove and said one or more casings project outside beyond the housing for connection to a printed circuit board.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
Coaxial connector module according to Claim 7 or 8, comprising a plurality of adjacently arranged units.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
Unit and housing according to Claim 7, 8 or 9, for forming a coaxial connector module according to one or more of the preceding claims.