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Right angle, snap on coaxial electrical connector

  • US 6,361,348 B1
  • Filed: 01/15/2001
  • Issued: 03/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A right angle coaxial electrical connector including a center contact;

  • a dielectric surrounding the center contact;

    a shell subassembly surrounding the center contact and the dielectric; and

    a collar subassembly, the shell subassembly being positioned between the dielectric and the collar subassembly, the collar subassembly being spring loaded and shiftable relative to the shell subassembly, wherein;

    the shell subassembly comprises a front shell attached to a rear shell, the rear shell including a first passage extending at a right angle relative to a second intersecting passage, the center contact and the dielectric being positioned within the first passage, with the second passage being dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a stripped end of a coaxial cable to which the connector is to be attached;

    and wherein the collar subassembly is generally coaxial relative to the first passage and the front shell includes at least one radially flexible spring finger extending beyond the rear shell, and wherein the collar subassembly is shiftable between a first and a second position relative to the shell subassembly, the collar subassembly engaging the spring finger in the first position to prevent radially outward deflection of the spring finger, with spring finger being spaced from the collar subassembly in the second position so that the spring finger can shift radially outward when the collar subassembly is in the second position.

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