Transmission line adapter for connecting coaxial and strip transmission lines at right angles

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR FOR JOINING A COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE TO ONE OF THE "STRIP" TYPE, SAID COAXIAL LINE BEING MADE UP OF A TUBULAR OUTER CONDUCTOR AND AN INNER CONDUCTOR ELECTRICALLY SEPARATED FROM THE OUTER CONDUCTOR BY AN ANNULAR SPACER OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL, SAID LINE BEING MADE UP OF A PAIR OF PLANAR OUTER CONDUCTORS LYING FACETO-FACE IN SPACED APART PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH A CENTER CONDUCTOR ALSO OF PLANAR CONFIGURATION LYING THEREBETWEEN AND RESPECTIVELY SEPARATED THEREFROM BY TWO SPACERS OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL LYING TO EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER CONDUCTOR, BEING ADAPTED TO JOIN SAID COAXIAL LINE TO SAID STRIP LINE AT ANY POINT ALONG THE LATTER, SAID STRIP LINE HAVING FORMED THEREIN AN OPENING IN THE REGION WHERE THE CONNECTION TO SAID COAXIAL LINE IS TO BE EFFECTED, THE DIMENSIONS OF SAID OPENING BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THOSE OF THE TUBULAR CONDUCTOR OF SAID COAXIAL LINE, THE TUBULAR OUTER CONDUCTOR AND THE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL OF SAID COAXIAL LINE BEING CUT AT AN ANGLE OF 45* TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE COAXIAL LINE AT THE EXTREMITY THEREOF WHERE THE CONNECTION OF SAID STRIP LINE IS TO BE MADE, THE INNER CONDUCTOR OF SAID COAXIAL LINE EXTENDING BEYOND THE PLANE AT WHICH THE OUTER CONDUCTOR IS SO CUT AND HAVING A RELATIVELY SMOOTH 90* BEND THEREIN IN THE REGION, WHERE THE 45* CUT IN SAID OUTER CONDUCTOR IS MADE, SAID CONNECTOR INCLUDING: A FURTHER COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE SEGMENT OF A TYPE AND WITH DIMENSIONS SIMILARR TO THAT OF THE SAID TRANSMISSION LINE, SAID SEGMENT HAVING ONE END WHICH TERMINATES AS THE ROUNDED SURFACE OF A CYLINDER THE AXIS OF WHICH LIES ESSENTIALLY NORMAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SUCH SEGMENT AND ANOTHER END WHICH TERMINAES IN A PLANE WHICH LIES AT AN ANGLE OF 45* TO SUCH AXIS, SAID FURTHER LINE SEGMENT BEING MADE