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BNC T-type adapter

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-05-13
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Granted: 1994-11-29
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Expires: 2013-05-13
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Abstract

Abstract A BNC T-type adapter includes a lower female conducting portion, an upper male conducting portion which is connected electrically to the female conducting portion, a grounding unit, and an insulating housing which is sleeved around the female conducting portion and which confines the grounding unit therein such that the grounding unit is disposed below the female conducting portion. The female conducting portion includes an elongated conducting plate with two outer ends, each of which is formed with a clamping unit for clamping stationarily a male conductor. The elongated conducting plate further has two opposite slanted resilient conducting strips, each one of which being formed by punching the elongated conducting plate at a location inwardly of the clamping unit so that each of the slanted resilient conducting strips has an outer joint end that is connected to the elongated conducting plate and an inner free end that extends inwardly and downwardly and that normally contacts the grounding unit.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yang-Chuan Lai

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R24/00; H01R24/38; H01R24/40; H01R24/42; H01R24/44; H01R13/00; H01R13/66; H01R13/70; H01R13/703; H01R13/7031; H01R13/7032; H01R24/54; H01R24/547; H01R2103/00; H01R24/46; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S439/00; Y10S439/944

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 242 words
A BNC T-type adapter comprising a lower female conducting portion which is used to engage a male conductor, an upper male conducting portion which is connected electrically and perpendicularly to said female conducting portion, a grounding unit which is provided below said female conducting portion and which is to be connected thereto, and an insulating housing which is sleeved around said female conducting portion and which confines said ground unit therein, the improvement comprising: said female conducting portion including an elongated conducting plate with two outer ends, each of said two outer ends being formed with a clamping means for clamping stationarily said male conductor, said elongated conducting plate further having two oppositely slanted resilient conducting strips, each of which is formed by punching said elongated conducting plate at a location inwardly of said clamping means so that each of said slanted resilient conducting strips has an outer joint end that is connected to said elongated conducting plate and an inner free end that extends inwardly and downwardly, said free end of each of said slanted resilient conducting strips normally contacting said grounding unit, whereby when one of said two outer ends of said elongated conducting plate engages said male conductor, said male conductor is clamped stationarily by said clamping means and contacts a respective one of said slanted resilient conducting strips to cause said free end of said one of said slanted resilient conducting strips to detach from said grounding unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 242 words
A BNC T-type adapter comprising a lower female conducting portion which is used to engage a male conductor, an upper male conducting portion which is connected electrically and perpendicularly to said female conducting portion, a grounding unit which is provided below said female conducting portion and which is to be connected thereto, and an insulating housing which is sleeved around said female conducting portion and which confines said ground unit therein, the improvement comprising: said female conducting portion including an elongated conducting plate with two outer ends, each of said two outer ends being formed with a clamping means for clamping stationarily said male conductor, said elongated conducting plate further having two oppositely slanted resilient conducting strips, each of which is formed by punching said elongated conducting plate at a location inwardly of said clamping means so that each of said slanted resilient conducting strips has an outer joint end that is connected to said elongated conducting plate and an inner free end that extends inwardly and downwardly, said free end of each of said slanted resilient conducting strips normally contacting said grounding unit, whereby when one of said two outer ends of said elongated conducting plate engages said male conductor, said male conductor is clamped stationarily by said clamping means and contacts a respective one of said slanted resilient conducting strips to cause said free end of said one of said slanted resilient conducting strips to detach from said grounding unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 81 words
A BNC T-type adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said clamping means on each of said two outer ends of said elongated conducting plate includes a protrusion which projects downward from its respective one of said two outer ends of said elongated conducting plate, whereby when said one of said two outer ends of said elongated conducting plate engages said male conductor, said protrusion tightly clamping said male conductor against said insulating housing so as to position said male conductor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 47 words
A BNC T-type adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said clamping means on each of said two outer ends of said elongated conducting plate includes a tubular clamping member which is formed on a respective one of said two outer ends and which extends outwardly therefrom.

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