Pressure sealed waveguide to coaxial line connection

Claim 1

A pressure sealed waveguide to coaxial line connection comprising: a housing surrounding a pressurizable cavity adapted for the propagation of selected microwave radiation which possesses a flat exterior surface portion having a circular aperture therein which opens into said cavity; a circular recess in said flat exterior surface portion disposed concentrically about said circular aperture; a waveguide to coaxial line adaptor which possesses an elongate probe that extends perpendicularly through a flat surface on one side of a mounting flange and a coaxial connector which is disposed on the other side of said mounting flange; a generally tubular elastomeric sealing boot with two ends, one closed and the other open and configured to receive and conformably fit about said elongate probe of said adaptor, said sealing boot possessing a lip which extends outwardly continuously about said open end and is configured for compressive deformation between said circular recess in said housing and an annular region of said flat surface on said mounting flange which lies in registration with said circular recess when portions of said elongate probe and said sealing member are extended through said circular aperture into said cavity; and means attached to said housing for compressively deforming said lip and holding said flat surface on said mounting flange in parallel abutment with portions of said flat exterior surface portion on said housing thereby forming a pressurizable seal between said cavity and the exterior of said housing which is independent of any sealing characteristics of said adaptor.