Shielded coaxial connector

• US 10,566,748 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2019
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Holland Electronics LLC (Amphenol Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Holland Electronics LLC (Amphenol Corporation)
• Inventors: Holland, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilman, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US16/290,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20190199045A1
• Time in Patent Office: 352 Days
• Field of Search: 439578
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/46 comprising switches
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/525 Outlets

Abstract

A coaxial connector has a selectively engageable radio frequency interference shield.

Claims

1. A switched coaxial cable connector, the connector comprising:

a tubular connector body housing a spring;

a spring expanse where a first spring end bears a moving insulator and a second spring end opposite the first bears on a fixed insulator;

the moving insulator having a central bore and counterbore;

a moving electrical contact with a pin end, the counterbore for receiving a moving contact shoulder, the pin end passing through the bore into the spring expanse;

the fixed insulator having a central tubular boss on a side opposite the moving electrical contact pin end;

a fixed electrical contact with a pin end and a socket end, the socket end inserted in the central tubular boss; and

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the moving electrical contact pin end for removable insertion in the fixed electrical contact socket end for completing an electrical circuit through the connector.

2. The connector of claim 1 where the connector body conducts an electrical circuit ground and the contacts conduct an electrical circuit signal.

3. The connector of claim 2 where the moving electrical contact has a socket end opposite the pin end, the socket end protruding from a first end of the connector.

4. The connector of claim 3 further comprising:

an insulator stop encircling the moving electrical contact and preventing the moving contact shoulder from leaving the counterbore.

5. The connector of claim 4 where the fixed electrical contact pin end protrudes from a second end of the connector.

6. The connector of claim 1 further comprising a connector body first counterbore for receiving the fixed insulator.

7. The connector of claim 6 further comprising a connector body second counterbore for receiving the insulator stop.

8. The connector of claim 7 further comprising:

a stationary contact housing having an end for insertion in the connector body; and

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the stationary contact housing for pressing the fixed insulator toward the first counterbore.

9. The connector of claim 8 further comprising:

a connector end insulator inserted in the stationary contact housing; and

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the connector end insulator encircling and supporting the fixed electrical contact.

10. The connector of claim 9 wherein the stationary contact housing encircles the central tubular boss.

11. A method of making a coaxial connector with an internal switch, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a tubular connector body housing and a spring therein;

urging a moving insulator away from a fixed insulator using the spring;

holding a fixed electrical conductor in a fixed insulator tubular boss that extends away from the moving insulator;

carrying a moving electrical conductor with the moving insulator;

boring and counterboring the moving insulator to receive therethrough a pin end of the moving conductor such that a shoulder of the moving conductor is inserted in the counterbore; and

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inserting a socket end of the fixed electrical contact in the fixed insulator tubular boss;

wherein the moving electrical conductor pin is for removable insertion in the fixed electrical conductor socket for completing an electrical circuit through the connector.