Coaxial plug member

• US 6,705,875 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2002
• Issued: 03/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HARTING Electronics GmbH & Co. KG (Harting KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Harting KGaA
• Inventors: Berghorn, Manfred, Pape, Günter
• Primary Examiner(s): Ta, Tho D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Harvey, James R.
• Application Number:
  US10/107,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20020142625A1
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 439/6, 439/8, 439/63, 439/246, 439/247, 439/252, 439/578
• US Class Current: 439/63
• 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

Abstract

A coaxial plug member comprises a housing, an inner contact, an outer contact and an insulating piece which is arranged between the inner and outer contacts. The outer contact is pivotally attached to the housing, as a result of which also the insulating piece received in the outer contact and the inner contact received in the insulating piece are able to pivot as a unit.

Claims

1. A coaxial plug member comprising a housing, an inner contact, an outer contact and an insulating piece which is arranged between said inner and outer contacts, said outer contact being pivotally attached to said housing, as a result of which also said insulating piece received in said outer contact and said inner contact received in said insulating piece are able to pivot as a unit, wherein:

(a) said outer contact is provided with a plurality of latching hooks which latch in place on said housing, so that said contact unit consisting of said inner and outer contacts and of said insulating piece is able to pivot;

(b) said housing has a retention ring behind which said latching hooks latch in place; and

(c) said insulating piece is provided with two protrusions and said outer contact with two recesses and wherein said two protrusions are held in said two recesses by means of said retention ring.

3. The coaxial plug member according to claim 1, wherein said outer contact together with said insulating piece is inserted into said housing from one side and said inner contact is inserted into said insulating piece from an opposite side.

4. The coaxial plug member according to claim 1, wherein said inner contact is latched in place in said insulating piece.

5. The coaxial plug member according to claim 1, wherein said inner contact is provided with a ball-shaped head onto which a spring clip is slipped which can be connected with a circuit board by means of SMT technology.

6. The coaxial plug member according to claim 5, wherein said ball-shaped head is approximately coincident with a center of motion of said contact unit in said housing.

2. A coaxial plug member comprising a housing, an inner contact, an outer contact and an insulating piece which is arranged between said inner and outer contacts, said outer contact being pivotally attached to said housing, as a result of which also said insulating piece received in said outer contact and said inner contact received in said insulating piece are able to pivot as a unit, wherein said inner contact is provided with a ball-shaped head onto which a spring clip is slipped which can be connected with a circuit board by means of SMT technology.

7. The coaxial plug member according to claim 2, wherein said ball-shaped head is approximately coincident with a center of motion of said contact unit in said housing.