Miniature coax jack module
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1. A coax jack module comprising:
- a first coax conductor;
a second coax conductor;
a first resilient conductive contact biased into electrical contact with said first conductor, said first conductor and said first contact having a combined first capacitance;
a second resilient conductive contact biased into electrical contact with said second conductor, said second conductor and said second contact having a combined second capacitance;
a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts;
said cross-conductor having an inductance balancing said first and second capacitance;
an electrically conductive housing having a cast unitary body with walls defining an interior and a cover for enclosing said interior;
a dielectric support means for supporting said conductors, said contacts and said cross-conductor within said interior;
said body and cover having interior surfaces of a predetermined shape to provide a grounded shield for said conductors; and
said body and cover having generally parallel and narrowly spaced apart exterior surfaces.
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Abstract
A miniature coax jack module includes a grounded conductive housing with coax conductors disposed of within the housing. A dielectric insert maintains the conductors in electrically spaced relation to the housing. The housing has internal surfaces surrounding the conductors to provide coax shielding to the conductors.
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38 Claims
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1. A coax jack module comprising:
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a first coax conductor; a second coax conductor; a first resilient conductive contact biased into electrical contact with said first conductor, said first conductor and said first contact having a combined first capacitance; a second resilient conductive contact biased into electrical contact with said second conductor, said second conductor and said second contact having a combined second capacitance; a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts; said cross-conductor having an inductance balancing said first and second capacitance; an electrically conductive housing having a cast unitary body with walls defining an interior and a cover for enclosing said interior; a dielectric support means for supporting said conductors, said contacts and said cross-conductor within said interior; said body and cover having interior surfaces of a predetermined shape to provide a grounded shield for said conductors; and said body and cover having generally parallel and narrowly spaced apart exterior surfaces.
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2. A coax jack module comprising:
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a grounded electrically conductive housing having at least a partially enclosed interior; an electrical circuit contained within said housing and including a plurality of coax conductors; said circuit further including a plurality of cross-connect spring contacts; a dielectric support platform disposed within said interior and having means for connecting said spring contacts and said conductors to said support platform in an electrically insulated spacing arrangement from said housing, said support platform further supporting said conductors and spring contacts in mutual alignment; said housing having interior surfaces at least partially surrounding said conductors with said surfaces having a predetermined shape to provide a coax shielding for said circuit to have a desired impedance. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A coax jack module comprising:
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a grounded electrically conductive housing having at least a partially enclosed interior; a plurality of coax conductors; a plurality of cross-connect spring jacks; support means for supporting said jacks and said conductors within said interior in an insulated spacing arrangement from said housing and with said jacks and conductors cooperating to define a circuit; said housing having interior surfaces at least partially surrounding said conductors with said surfaces of a predetermined shape to provide a coax shielding for said conductors for said circuit to have a desired impedance; said housing including a body portion and a cover connected to said body portion having interior concave surfaces and said cover having interior concave surfaces, said cover and body surfaces disposed for said surfaces to cooperate to define a grounded shield.
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10. A coax jack module comprising:
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an electrically conductive housing having a cast body with walls defining an interior and a cover of a predetermined size to enclose said interior; a first central coax conductor; a second central coax conductor; support means for supporting said first and second central coax conductors within said interior; said housing having a forward wall with at least a first port extending therethrough and said first port being of a predetermined size to receive a jack plug having a central conductor, said first central coax conductor positioned to connect with said central conductor of said jack plug; a first electrically conductive normal spring contact disposed within said housing and biased into electrical contact with said first central coax conductor; a second electrically conductive contact disposed within said housing in electrical contact with said second central coax conductor; first urging means for urging said first normal spring contact away from said first central coax conductor in response to insertion of a jack plug into said first port; a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts with a circuit including said cross-conductor, said first and second contacts, and said first and second central coax conductors, said circuit having a predetermined impedance; and said cover and body presenting generally parallel and narrowly spaced apart exterior surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A coax jack module comprising:
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a housing having opposing internal surfaces defining a housing interior; a first central coax conductor; a second central coax conductor; support means for supporting said first and second central coax conductors within said interior; said housing having a forward wall with at least a first port extending therethrough and of a predetermined size for a jack plug to be inserted into said first port, with said jack plug having a central conductor electrically connected to said first central coax conductor; a first electrically conductive normal spring contact disposed within said housing and biased into electrical contact with said first central coax conductor; a second electrically conductive contact disposed within said housing and in electrical contact with said second central coax conductor; first urging means for urging said first normal spring contact away from said first central coax conductor in response to insertion of a jack plug into said first port; a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts with a circuit including said cross-conductor, said first and second spring contacts, and first and second central coax conductors, said circuit having a predetermined impedance; first and second connector elements extending from a rear end of said housing, said first and second connector elements including first and second rear central coax conductors, respectively, and first and second grounding sleeves surrounding said first and second rear central coax conductors, respectively; said first rear central conductor connected to said first central conductor, and said second rear central conductor connected to said second central conductor; a rear interface having a housing with opposing internal surfaces defining an interior; a first interface central coax conductor; a second interface central coax conductor; support means for supporting said first and second interface central conductors within said interior in electrically insulated spacing from said internal surfaces; said housing having a forward wall with first and second interface ports of a predetermined size and positioned to receive said first and second connector elements, respectively, of said jack module, with said first rear central conductor electrically connected to said first interface central conductor and with said second rear central conductor electrically connected to said second interface central conductor; first and second rear contact springs disposed and biased to be in electrical connection with said first and second interface conductors, respectively; first and second interface urging means for urging said first and second spring contacts away from said first and second interface conductors in response to insertion of said first and second connector elements into said first and second interface ports; a rear cross-conductor for electrically connecting said first and second rear contact springs. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 38)
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30. A coax jack module comprising:
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a housing having opposing internal surfaces defining a housing interior; a first central coax conductor; a second central coax conductor; support means for supporting said first and second central coax conductors within said interior; said housing having a forward wall with at least a first port extending therethrough and of a predetermined size for a jack plug to be inserted into said first port, said jack plug having a central conductor electrically connected to said first central coax conductor; a first electrically conductive normal spring contact disposed within said housing and biased into electrical contact with said first central coax conductor; a second electrically conductive contact disposed within said housing and in electrical contact with said second central coax conductor; first urging means for urging said first normal spring contact away from said first central coax conductor in response to insertion of a jack plug into said first port; a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts with a circuit including said cross-conductor, said first and second contacts, and said first and second central coax conductors, said circuit having a predetermined impedance; a plurality of electrically conductive surfaces surrounding said first and second central coax conductors with said electrically conductive surfaces having predetermined dimensions which provide for said jack module to have a desired impedance upon electrical connection of said electrically conductive surfaces to an electrical ground; first and second tracer spring contacts disposed within said housing and biased into an electrical spacing between said first and second tracer spring contacts; and tracer urging means for urging said first and second spring contacts into electrical connection in response to insertion of a jack plug into a monitor port of the coax jack module.
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31. A coax jack module comprising:
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a housing having opposing internal surfaces defining a housing interior; a first central coax conductor; a second central coax conductor; support means for supporting said first and second central coax conductors within said interior; said housing having a forward wall with at least a first port extending therethrough and said port having a size such that a jack plug inserted into said first port has a central conductor of said jack plug electrically connected to said first central coax conductor; a first electrically conductive normal spring contact disposed within said housing and biased into electrical contact with said first central coax conductor; a second electrically conductive contact disposed within said housing and in electrical contact with said second central coax conductor; first urging means for urging said first normal spring contact away from said first central coax conductor upon insertion of a jack plug into said first port; a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts with a circuit including said cross-conductor, said first and second spring contacts, and said first and second central coax conductors, said circuit having a predetermined impedance; first and second connector elements extending from a rear end of said housing, said first and second connector elements including first and second rear central coax conductors, respectively, and first and second grounding sleeves surrounding said first and second rear central coax conductors, respectively; said first rear central conductor connected to said first central conductor, and said second rear central conductor connected to said second central conductor; said circuit including first and second inductors, said first and second rear central coax conductors are connected to said first and second coax conductors through said first and second inductors.
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32. A coax jack module comprising:
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a housing having opposing internal surfaces defining a housing interior; a first central coax conductor; a second central coax conductor; support means for supporting said first and second central coax conductors within said interior; said housing having a forward wall with at least a first port extending therethrough and of a predetermined size for a jack plug to be inserted into said first port, with said jack plug having a central conductor electrically connected to said first central coax conductor; a first electrically conductive normal spring contact disposed within said housing and biased into electrical contact with said first central coax conductor; a second electrically conductive contact disposed within said housing and in electrical contract with said second central coax conductor; first urging means for urging said first normal spring contact away from said first central coax conductor in response to insertion of a jack plug into said first port; a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts; a circuit including said cross-conductor, said first and second contacts, and said first and second central coax conductors, said circuit having a predetermined impedance; said housing includes an electrically grounded body and an electrically grounded cover secured to said body, each of said body and cover comprised of electrically conductive material and each having said internal surfaces integrally disposed on said body and cover;
at least one of said surfaces on said body opposing at least one of said surfaces on said cover with said at least one opposing surfaces cooperating to at least partially surrounded at least one of said first and second central coax conductors to provide a grounded coax shield for said least one conductor.
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33. A coax jack module assembly comprising:
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(a) a plurality of jack modules, each of said jack modules having; a housing having opposing internal surfaces defining a housing interior; a first central coax conductor; a second central coax conductor; support means for supporting said first and second central coax conductors within said interior; said housing having a forward wall with at least a first port extending therethrough and of a predetermined size for a jack plug to be inserted into said first port, with said jack plug having a central conductor electrically connected to said first central coax conductor; a first electrically conductive normal spring contact disposed within said housing and biased into electrical contact with said first central coax conductor; a second electrically conductive contact disposed within said housing and in electrical contact with said second central coax conductor; first urging means for urging said first normal spring contact away from said first central coax conductor upon insertion of a jack plug into said first port; a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts with a circuit including said cross-conductor, said first and second contacts, and said first and second central coax conductors, said circuit having a predetermined impedance; each of said housings of said modules includes an electrically conductive body and an electrically conductive cover releasably securable to said body, each of said body and cover releasably securable to said body, each of said body and cover having said internal surfaces integrally disposed on said body and cover;
at least one of said surfaces on said body opposing at least one of said surfaces on said cover with said at least one opposing surfaces cooperating to at least partially surrounded at least one of said first and second central coax conductors to provide a grounded coax shield for said least one conductor upon connection of said body and cover to an electrical grounds; and(b) a chassis to receive and retain a plurality of said modules in side-by-side electrically insulated spaced relation; (c) said chassis and each of said modules including cooperating mounting means to separately mount said modules within said chassis with said modules disposed in side-by-side relation and with each of said modules electrically insulated from others of said modules within said chassis. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A coax jack module comprising:
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an electrically conductive housing having opposing internal surfaces defining a housing interior; a first central coax conductor; a second central coax conductor; support means for supporting said first and second central coax conductors within said interior; said housing having a forward wall with at least a first port extending therethrough and of a predetermined size to receive a jack plug, said first central coax conductors positioned to connect with a central conductor of said jack plug, respectively; a first electrically conductive normal spring contact disposed within said housing and biased into electrical contact with said first central coax conductor; a second electrically conductive contact disposed within said housing and in electrical contact with said second central coax conductor; first urging means for urging said first normal spring contact away from said first central coax conductor in response to insertion of a jack plug into said first port; a cross-conductor electrically connecting said first and second contacts; said internal surfaces at least partially surrounding said first and second central coax conductors, with said surfaces having predetermined dimensions which provide for said jack module to have a desired impedance upon electrical connection of said electrically conductive surfaces to an electrical ground; and said housing having external, narrowly spaced apart sidewalls. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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