US6123584A
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Connector
Assignee: FCI SA
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Filing: 1999-06-24
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Granted: 2000-09-26
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Expires: 2019-06-24
Abstract
Abstract A connector for high frequency signals comprises a housing of insulating material and a plurality of male contact elements. The housing has a bottom and two opposite side walls extending upwardly from the bottom, the bottom and side walls determining a receiving space. The bottom is provided with cavities regularly arranged in rows and columns. Each of the contact elements is mounted in a cavity, an upper end of each contact element projecting into the receiving space. At least a plurality of the cavities are metallized at their the inner walls. The contact elements are mounted in the metallized cavities by means of a support element of insulating material. Each support has a lower extension directed away from the receiving space and each support element is metallized at its outer side.
Inventors
- 👤 Jan Peter Karel Van Koetsem
- 👤 Gert Droesbeke
- 👤 Luc van den Torren
- 👤 Luc Jonckheere
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 20:11
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/40; H01R13/405; H01R13/41; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6598; H01R13/6599
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
An electrical connector for high frequency signals, said connector comprising: a housing of insulating material and a plurality of male contact elements, said housing having a bottom and two opposite side walls extending upwardly from the bottom, the bottom and side walls determining a receiving space, wherein the bottom is provided with cavities having inner walls and arranged in rows and columns, wherein each of the contact elements is mounted in one of said cavities, an upper end of each contact element projecting into the receiving space, at least a plurality of said cavities being metallized at their inner walls, each of the contact elements being positioned in an insulative support element and said support elements being mounted in the metallized cavities, wherein each of said support elements has an upper portion having an outer surface and a lower extension portion directed away from the receiving space, said outer surface being metallized, and wherein the inner wall of each cavity and the support element of the corresponding contact element are provided with cooperating latching means for locking the support element and the contact element in the cavity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
An electrical connector for high frequency signals, said connector comprising: a housing of insulating material and a plurality of male contact elements, said housing having a bottom and two opposite side walls extending upwardly from the bottom, the bottom and side walls determining a receiving space, wherein the bottom is provided with cavities having inner walls and arranged in rows and columns, wherein each of the contact elements is mounted in one of said cavities, an upper end of each contact element projecting into the receiving space, at least a plurality of said cavities being metallized at their inner walls, each of the contact elements being positioned in an insulative support element and said support elements being mounted in the metallized cavities, wherein each of said support elements has an upper portion having an outer surface and a lower extension portion directed away from the receiving space, said outer surface being metallized, and wherein the inner wall of each cavity and the support element of the corresponding contact element are provided with cooperating latching means for locking the support element and the contact element in the cavity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
75 words
The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein each support element comprises a body having said upper portion with an outer dimension which is smaller than the inner dimension of the corresponding cavity, and a plurality of ledges extending mainly in an axial direction of the contact element and determining an outer dimension which is larger than the inner dimension of the corresponding cavity to cause a force fit between said ledges and said body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the inner wall of each metallized cavity is provided with two opposite protruding ledges and each corresponding support element is provided with a head part having slots at opposite sides for receiving the ledges.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The electrical connector according to claim 3, wherein each support element is provided at both axial ends with a head part having slots at opposite sides for engageably receiving the protruding ledges of a cavity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The electrical connector according to claim 3, wherein each head part is provided with oblique faces extending outwardly and downwardly from the contact pin towards said slots.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein each support element is fixed to the corresponding contact element, preferably by overmoulding.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the housing is completely metallized.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
66 words
The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a row of cavities is provided adjacent each of the sidewalls and adjacent one of the rows of metallize cavities, wherein male ground contact elements are mounted in the cavities of these rows, said ground contact elements contacting the metallization in the corresponding cavities and having terminals electrically in common therewith for connection to a printed circuit board.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The electrical connector according to claim 8, wherein said terminals of the ground contact elements are made as pressfit terminals.
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