Floating mount apparatus for coaxial connector

• US 5,944,548 A
• Filed: 09/17/1997
• Issued: 08/31/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Verigy Limited (Advantest Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Saito, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gilman, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US08/932,762
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: 439/248, 439/501, 439/252, 439/824, 439/700, 439/675, 439/638, 439/246, 439/24
• US Class Current: 439/248
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/0416 Connectors, terminals G01R1/0425 and G01R1/0433 take precedence; with measurement function for battery poles G01R31/364
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6315 allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/52 mounted in or to a panel or structure

Abstract

A first embodiment of a floating mount apparatus for a coaxial connector includes a coaxial connector with a central axis having a first external diameter region, a second external diameter region adjacent to the first external diameter and a third external diameter region adjacent to the second external diameter. The second external diameter region is smaller than the first external diameter region. A mount member, i.e., a receiving aperture, includes a first internal diameter region, a second internal diameter region and a third internal diameter region adapted to receive the coaxial connector, a clearance existing between the region of the first external diameter and the first internal diameter. The second internal diameter region is less than the first internal diameter region of the mount member and the third external diameter region of the coaxial connector. A spring having a near cylindrical-shape is inserted between the second internal diameter region of the mount member and the second external diameter region of the coaxial connector to bias the coaxial connector.

Claims

1. A floating mount apparatus for a coaxial connector, comprising:

a coaxial connector with a central axis and having a first external diameter region and a second external diameter region adjacent to said first external diameter region, said second external diameter region having a diameter smaller than the diameter of said first external diameter region;

a receiving aperture having a first internal diameter region adapted to receive the first external diameter region with a clearance therebetween, and a second internal diameter region adapted to receive the second external diameter region with a space therebetween;

a flange member having a cylindrical portion positioned about said second external diameter region in said space and a flange that bears against a surface of said receiving aperture that is opposed to said first internal diameter region; and

resilient means, positioned in said space between an outer diameter of said flange member and said second internal diameter region of said receiving aperture, for providing a resilient bias between said coaxial connector and said receiving aperture.

2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said third internal diameter region has a thickness along a receiving centerline of said receiving aperture that is less than 15 percent of a height of said receiving aperture along said receiving centerline.

3. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said resilient means comprises a coil spring.

4. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said resilient means is formed of elastic rubber.

5. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said receiving aperture further includes a third internal diameter region adjacent to said second internal diameter region, said third internal diameter region having a smaller diameter than said flange and including said surface of said receiving aperture that is opposed to said first internal diameter region.

6. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said flange member comprises a flange nut, having a substantially cylindrical body and an extending flange, for securing said coaxial connector to said receiving aperture, wherein said coaxial connector and said flange nut engage said receiving aperture from opposing ends of said receiving aperture.

7. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said coaxial connector is coupled to an opposing connector such that both connectors mutually push against each other along said central axis without rotating.

8. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said coaxial connector is capable of transmitting a high frequency signal of up to 6 GHz.