Modular coaxial switch

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AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH FOR HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUITS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SWITCH HOUSING HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING INTERNAL CHAMBER AND HAVING UPPER AND LOWER FACES EACH PROVIDED WITH A RECESS IN A CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF, SAID HOUSING BEING PROVIDED WITH A FIRST PAIR OF APERTURES EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE BASES OF SAID RECESSED INTO COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER AND ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF ADDITIONAL APERTURES EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM ONE OF SAID FACES INTO COMMUNICATION WITH END PORTIONS OF SAID CHAMBER, FIRST AND SECOND CONNECTOR FITTINGS EXTENDING RESPECTIVELY THROUGH SAID ADDITIONAL APERTURES AND BEING SECURED TO SAID HOUSING, EACH OF SAID CONNECTOR FITTINGS HAVING AN OUTER END PORTION ADAPTED FOR COUPLING TO A TRANSMISSION LINE AND AN INNER END PORTION INCLUDING A CONDUCTOR EXTENDING INTO SAID CHAMBER AND BEING INSULATED FROM SAID HOUSING, FIRST AND SECOND SWITCH BLADES CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID CONDUCTORS OF SAID CONNECTOR FITTINGS AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID CHAMBER IN SPACED RELATION TO THE WALLS OF SAID CHAMBER, THE FREE END PORTIONS OF SAID SWITCH BLADES REMOTE FROM SAID CONDUCTORS BEING DISPOSED IN THE ZONE WHERE SAID FIRST PAIR OF APERTURES COMMUNICATE WITH SAID CHAMBER, A CONNECTOR MODULE INCLUDING A BASE PORTION ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN EITHER OF SAID RECESSES, SAID CONNECTOR MODULE HAVING AN OUTER END PORTION ADAPTED FOR COUPLING TO A TRANSMISSION LINE AND AN INNER END PORTION INCLUDING A CONTACT ELEMENT DISPOSED BETWEEN THE FREE END PORTIONS OF SAID SWITCH BLADES IN SAID CHAMBER, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING FOR MOVING SAID SWITCH BLADES, WHEREBY EITHER OF SAID SWITCH BLADES MAY BE DISPOSED IN CONTACT WITH SAID CONTACT ELEMENT.