Right angle, snap on coaxial electrical connector
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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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Abstract
A right angle coaxial connector assembly 2 includes a shell subassembly 10 and a collar subassembly 70 in addition to a center pin contact 50 and a dielectric sleeve 60. The collar subassembly 70 is spring loaded relative to the shell subassembly 10. The collar assembly 70 is formed by two mating hermaphroditic housings 72. The shell subassembly includes a diecast rear shell 30 and a screw machined front shell 12 that includes flexible snap lock fingers 16 that are held in locking engagement with a mating connector by the collar subassembly 70.
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a dielectric surrounding the center contact;
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16. A coaxial electrical connector assembly including a center contact;
- a dielectric surrounding the center contact;
a shell surrounding the center contact and the dielectric, and a collar surrounding at least a portion of the shell, the collar being spring loaded relative to the shell and being shiftable relative to the shell between a first and a second position;
whereinthe shell comprises a front shell attached to a rear shell, the rear shell comprising a one-piece diecast member and the front shell comprising a one-piece screw machined member having a plurality of spring members outwardly deflectable when the collar is in the first position relative to the shell and restrained by the collar against outward deflection when the collar is in the second position relative to the shell. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
- a dielectric surrounding the center contact;
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20. A method of fabricating a right angle coaxial connector assembly comprising the steps of:
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die casting a first shell member;
screw machining a second shell member having radially outwardly deflectable spring fingers;
positioning an axially biasing spring around the first shell member;
assembling the second shell member to the first shell member with a rearwardmost portion of the second shell member surrounding a forwardmost portion of the first shell member, securing the second shell member to the first shell member and trapping the axially biasing spring around the first shell member, and positioning two semicylindrical collar housing members around the first and second shell members so that the collar housing members are spring biased by the axially biasing spring relative to the first and second shell members.
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