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Shielded cable on coaxial connector

  • US 4,453,798 A
  • Filed: 06/18/1982
  • Issued: 06/12/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrical connector for making an interconnection between a coaxial cable and an array of pin terminals fixedly mounted in a circuit board or the like, one pin terminal of said array being a signal pin and the remaining pin terminals being ground pins, said connector having a housing with at least one terminal mounted therein and adopted to engage a signal conductor of said coaxial cable and to detachably mate with the signal pin terminal of said array, a pair of mating metal shells enclosing the connector, and means crimping the shielding of said cable to said shells characterized by arms integral with each respective shell member and extending forwardly of the connector, flanges on the free ends of the arms extending transversely thereto to define a plane in front of the mating front end of the connector, a plurality of apertures in said flanges each aligned to receive a respective pin terminal of said array, the aperture aligned with the signal pin terminal of said array and said signal terminal of said connector being significantly larger than the other apertures so that no contact will be made between the signal pin terminal and the adjacent metal shell in a mated condition of said connector.

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