Connector for high frequency signals

Claim 1

A connector for high frequency signals, 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 the side walls determining a receiving space, wherein the bottom is provided with cavities regularly arranged in rows and columns, wherein each of the contact elements is mounted in a cavity, an upper end of each contact element projecting into the receiving space, wherein at least a plurality of the cavities are metallized at their inner walls to provide metallized cavities, wherein the contact elements are mounted in the metallized cavities by means of at least one support element of insulating material, wherein each support element comprises a body having an outer dimension which is smaller than an inner dimension of a corresponding cavity, and a plurality of spaced apart 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, wherein an inner wall of each cavity and said at least one support element of a corresponding contact element is provided with cooperating locking means for locking the contact element in the cavity, and wherein an 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 protruding ledges.