Molded plastic surface-mountable coaxial connector

Claim 2

An electrical socket for interconnecting a printed circuit surface and a coaxial connector, the socket comprising: a molded plateable dielectric body having a plated center contact portion for selectively receiving the coaxial connector and surface mounting with the printed circuit surface; and a plated ground contact portion for selectively receiving the coaxial connector and surface mounting with the printed circuit surface; wherein the portions are integrally formed as a single piece.

Claim 3

An electrical socket comprising: a molded plateable dielectric body having a plated center contact portion for selectively engaging the coaxial connector, the center contact portion comprising: a plated center conductor receptacle portion, and a plated base center contact surrounding the center conductor receptacle portion; a plated ground contact portion for selectively engaging the coaxial connector, the ground contact portion comprising a plated ground conductor receptacle portion concentric with the plated conductor receptacle portion, and a base plated ground contact surrounding the ground conductor receptacle portion, the plated base center and ground contacts comprising a planar base portion for surface mounting the socket with a printed circuit surface; and a resistive non-plated portion isolating the plated center contact portion from the plated ground portion; wherein the portions are integrally formed as a single piece.

Claim 4

An electrical socket comprising: a molded plateable dielectric body having a plated center contact portion for selectively engaging the coaxial connector, the center contact portion comprising: a plated center conductor receptacle portion, and a plated base center contact surrounding the center conductor receptacle portion; a plated ground contact portion for selectively engaging the coaxial connector, the ground contact portion comprising a plated ground conductor receptacle portion concentric with the plated conductor receptacle portion, and a base plated ground contact surrounding the ground conductor receptacle portion, the plated base center and ground contacts comprising a planar base portion for surface mounting the socket with a printed circuit surface; and a resistive non-plated portion isolating the plated center contact portion from the plated ground portion; wherein the portions are integrally formed as a single piece.

Claim 5

An electrical socket for interconnecting a printed circuit surface and a coaxial connector, the socket comprising: a molded plateable plastic cylindrical body comprising dielectric having a plated ground contact portion, having a wide plated cylindrical aperture for selectively receiving the coaxial connector, and a ground base contact for surface mounting with the printed circuit surface; a plated center contact portion, concentrically spaced by the dielectric within the plated ground contact portion, the center contact portion having a narrow cylindrical plated aperture for selectively receiving the coaxial connector, and a center base contact for surface mounting with the printed circuit surface; wherein the portions are integrally formed as a single piece.

Claim 6

An electrical socket for interconnecting a printed circuit surface and a coaxial connector, the socket comprising: a molded plateable plastic cylindrical body comprising dielectric having a plated ground contact portion, having a wide plated cylindrical aperture for selectively receiving the coaxial connector, and a ground base contact for surface mounting with the printed circuit surface; a plated center contact portion, concentrically spaced by the dielectric within the plated ground contact portion, the center contact portion having a narrow cylindrical plated aperture for selectively receiving the coaxial connector, and a center base contact for surface mounting with the printed circuit surface; wherein the portions are integrally formed as a single piece.

Claim 7

The socket of claim 3 wherein the plated ground contact portion comprises plated peripheral wall and top surfaces of the cylindrical body encircling the wide cylindrical aperture.

Claim 8

The socket of claim 3 wherein the circuit board comprises a strip line having conductors corresponding to the base contacts of the socket for surface mounting.

Claim 9

The socket of claim 3 wherein the circuit board and the socket are integrally formed as one piece.

Claim 10

The socket of claim 3 wherein the plated ground contact portion includes retention means.

Claim 11

The socket of claim 7 wherein the retention means comprises an aperture for receiving a corresponding protrusion of the coaxial connector.

Claim 12

The socket of claim 3 wherein the molded plateable plastic cylindrical body further comprising: an inner surface, formed by the 50 ohm separation between the apertures and disposed with a layer of resist for isolating the plated wide aperture from the plated narrow aperture; and a base surface disposed with a layer of resist for isolating the center base contact from the ground base contact.

Claim 13

The socket of claim 9 wherein the molded plateable plastic cylindrical body is everywhere plated except on the inner and base surfaces where the layer of resist has been disposed.