Coaxial connectors

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR PROVIDING CONSTANT ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS TO COUPLED COAXIAL RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION LINES OF THE TYPE HAVING A CONSTANT DIAMETER INNER CONDUCTOR SURROUNDED BY A DIELECTRIC LAYER OF UNIFORM DIELECTRIC CONSTANT AND A CONSTANT DIAMETER TUBULAR OUTER CONDUCTOR, THE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE BODY HAVING A FORWARD COUPLING PORTION OF GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL FORM AND A REARWARDLY EXTENDING TUBULAR PORTION FOR CONNECTION TO THE OUTER CONDUCTOR OF A COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE, SAID BODY HAVING A CYLINDRICAL BORE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID REARWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION AND COMMUNICATING CONCENTRICALLY WITH A CYLINDRICAL COUNTERBORE OF SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER DIAMETER IN SAID COUPLING PORTION, SAID CYLINDRICAL COUNTERBORE TERMINATING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR SHOULDER AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, A DIELECTRIC SLEEVE POSITIONED IN AND FILLING SAID COUNTERBORE TO THE BOTTOM THEREOF, SAID DIELECTRIC SLEEVE HAVING A CENTRAL BORE THERETHROUGH, A CENTRAL CONTACT ADAPTED TO BE PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO THE INNER CONDUCTOR OF THE COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE AND INSERTED INTO A PREDETERMINED ASSEMBLED POSITION INSIDE THE CENTRAL BORE OF SAID DIELECTRIC SLEEVE, SAID CONTACT HAVING A FORWARD CONTACT PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A MATING CONTACT AND FURTHER HAVING A REARWARD SOCKET PORTION ADAPTED TO BE TELESCOPED OVER A BARE END PORTION OF THE INNER CONDUCTOR OF THE COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE TO ABUT THE END OF SAID DIELECTRIC LAYER THEREOF, SAID SOCKET PORTION HAVING AN OUTER DIAMETER DIMENSIONED TO FIT CLOSELY WITHIN THE CENTRAL BORE OF SAID DIELECTRIC SLEEVE, SAID CONTACT ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH AN INTEGRAL LOCKING MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID DIELECTRIC SLEEVE TO POSITIVELY SECURE SAID CONTACT IN THE PREDETERMINED ASSEMBLED POSITION IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FROM APPRECIABLY VARYING DUE TO MINOR CHANGES OF POSITION OF SAID CONTACT.