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Coaxial connector

  • US 4,915,651 A
  • Filed: 10/17/1988
  • Issued: 04/10/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A coaxial connector, comprising a first and a second connector portion, each of which comprises an electrically conductive inner contact member which is coaxially surrounded by an electrically conductive outer contact member whereto it is mechanically connected via an electrically insulating body, and a spring, the free end of each of the contact members having a contact face which extends perpendicularly to the axis of the contact member, corresponding contact faces of the two connector portions being capable of cooperating, at least one of each pair of cooperating contact faces having a predetermined contact area such that, after the coupling of the two contact portions, a suitable electrical connection exists between the cooperating contact members if the axis of the first connector portion has been shifted with respect to the axis of the second connector portion over no more than a predetermined distance, the contact members of at least the first connector portion being independently movable in the axial direction, against the force of the spring with respect to the insulating body, at least the first connector portion comprising an electrically conductive, tubular extension which is rigidly connected to the insulating body and the inner surface of which serves as a bearing for an axially movable inner contact carrier which carries the inner contact member, its outer surface acting as a bearing for an axially movable outer contact carrier which carries the outer contact member, an inner coiled spring being provided between a radially outwards projecting shoulder of the inner contact carrier and a radially inwards projecting shoulder of the extension, an outer coiled spring being provided between radially outwards projecting shoulders of the outer contact carrier and the extension.

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