Coaxial LMC connector

• US 4,772,222 A
• Filed: 10/15/1987
• Issued: 09/20/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AMP Limited
• Original Assignee: AMP Limited
• Inventors: Smith, Donald L., Capp, Randolph E., Michael, George W., Laudig, Ronald C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pirlot, David
• Application Number:
  US07/109,350
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: 439/466, 439/901, 439/902, 439/904, 439/905, 439/578-585, 439/675, 439/63, 439/874, 439/468, 439/473
• US Class Current: 439/578
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/05 for coaxial cables

Abstract

A kit of parts, comprising; a connector shell (7) for a coaxial cable (2) having a tool receiving cavity portion (11) open toward two orthogonal directions, a contact holder (14) and a cable holder (15), and a conductive cover (51) for covering the cavity portion (11) of the shell (7), and a conductive ferrule (38) for wedge fit assembly in the cable holder (15), the cover (51) having hooks (52,52) for engaging the shell (7) and the shell (7) having cover supports (12,12) for engaging and deflecting the cover (51) to a bent position.

Claims

1. A connector for a coaxial cable, comprising;

a conductive shell having a tool receiving cavity portion open toward two orthogonal directions, a contact holder and a cable holder extending from the cavity portion, and cover engaging supports,

a conductive electrical contact spaced from and concentrically encircled by the contact holder and having an end portion positioned in the cavity portion to receive and engage a center conductor of a coaxial cable extended along the cable holder and projecting into the cavity portion,

an elongated conductive cover,

hooks at opposite ends of the cover,

the cover covers the cavity portion of the shell, the supports engage and resiliently deflect the cover to a position bent along its length, and the hooks engage the shell and retain the cover in a bent position and in engagement against the supports.

2. A connector as recited in claim 1, wherein, the cover supports extend along axes intersecting at a first angle, and the cover has first and second portions that intersect each other at a second angle more acute than the first angle.

3. A connector as recited in claim 1, wherein, the end portion of the electrical contact is a conductive solder receiving region.

4. A connector as recited in claim 1, wherein, the cavity portion of the shell extends between two sides of the shell.

5. A connector as recited in claim 1, wherein, the cover supports engage corresponding longitudinal edges of the cover.

6. A connector as recited in claim 4, wherein, the end portion of the contact is positioned in the cavity portion and alongside the axis of the cable holder

7. In a connector comprising, a conductive shell habing a tool receiving cavity, an electrical conductor within the shell, a cable holder extending from the cavity for receiving an electrical cable for connection to the shell and for connection within the interior of the shell to the electrical conductor and a cover for covering the cavity;

the improvement comprising;

the conductive shell is constructed with opposite sides and additional sides that bridge between the opposite sides to define a tool receiving cavity open continously toward two orthogonal directions, and the cover has a length for covering the tool receiving cavity and extending along the two orthogonal directions.

8. In a connector as recited in claim 7, the improvement further comprising;

a portion of the electrical conductor within the tool receiving cavity is a conductive solder receiving region.

9. In a connector as recited in claim 7, the improvement further comprising;

cover engaging supports along opposite sides of the shell to engage and resiliently deflect the cover along its length to retain the cover in a bent position in engagement against the supports and extended in the two orthogonal directions over the tool recieving cavity.

10. In a connector as recited in claim 9, the improvement further comprising;

the cover engaging supports extend along axes intersecting at a first angle, and the cover has first and second portions extending along the length of the cover and intersecting each other at a second angle more acute than the first angle.