Printed circuit board header having coaxial sockets therein and matable coaxial plug housing

• US 4,605,269 A
• Filed: 06/20/1984
• Issued: 08/12/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AMP Limited
• Original Assignee: AMP Limited
• Inventors: Cohen, Thomas S., Finan, Douglas F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Application Number:
  US06/622,615
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• Field of Search: 339/17 R, 339/17 C, 339/17 LC, 339/177 R, 339/177 E, 339/132 R, 339/132 B
• US Class Current: 439/63
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/627 Snap or like fastening
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/50 mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board]
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/545 Elbows

Abstract

A printed circuit board header for a row of coaxial sockets comprises a dielectric housing having a series of passageways extending therethrough in which coaxial sockets are releasably disposed. Each of the coaxial sockets include an outer contact member, a dielectric member disposed within the outer contact member and a center contact member having a first contact section extending along a longitudinal bore of the dielectric member and a second contact section extending exteriorly of the dielectric member. A contact element of the outer contact member extends exteriorly thereof and also extends parallel with respect to the second contact section so that the second contact sections and the contact elements are matable with respective holes in a printed circuit board. The outer contact members and the respective passageways are provided with securing members securing the coaxial sockets therein. Securing sections are provided on the housing to secure the housing on a printed circuit board in one direction so that the coaxial sockets extend parallel to the printed circuit board or in another direction so that the coaxial sockets are normal to the printed circuit board.

This the coaxial socket housing includes latching sections latchably engaging flexible latching members of a coaxial plug housing matable with the coaxial socket housing so that the coaxial plugs are electrically matable with respective coaxial sockets. The matable housings have polarized matable sections and projections extend outwardly from the front surface of the coaxial plug housing protecting forward sections of the coaxial plugs.

Claims

1. A printed circuit board header of coaxial sockets, comprising:

a dielectric housing having a series of passageways extending therethrough;

coaxial sockets disposed in respective passageways, each of said coaxial sockets including an outer contact member, a dielectric member and a center contact member, said outer contact member being a tubular member, said dielectric member being disposed in said tubular member and said center contact member having a first section and a second section, said first section disposed in said dielectric member and including a first contact section extending outward from a front surface of said dielectric member coaxial with said tubular member, said second section extending outwardly from said tubular member for electrical connection with a signal path on a printed circuit board, said tubular member including a rear contact element extending outwardly from a rear end of said tubular member and extending substantially parallel to said second section for electrical connection with a ground plane on the printed circuit board;

securing means provided by the tubular members and the passageways for releasably securing the coaxial sockets in the passageways; and

mounting means on said housing for mounting the housing on the printed circuit board, said dielectric member has a slot in which said second section of said center contact member is disposed so that said second section is at right angles to said first section.

2. A printed circuit board header as set forth in claim 1, wherein said dielectric member has projections extending outwardly from a rear section thereof, said rear contact element being disposed along a rear surface of said dielectric member and between said projections so that said rear contact element is substantially parallel to said second section.

3. A printed circuit board header as set forth in claim 1, wherein said tubular member and said housing have slots in alignment with the slot in the dielectric member along which the second section extends.

4. A printed circuit board header as set forth in claim 3, wherein the rear contact element is disposed in the slot of the housing.