Connector plug and mating plug

• US 7,238,047 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2006
• Issued: 07/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IMS Connector Systems GmbH
• Original Assignee: IMS Connector Systems GmbH
• Inventors: Saettele, Fred, Baumgaertner, Roland
• Primary Examiner(s): Gushi; Ross N.
• Application Number:
  US11/488,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20070020973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 350 Days
• Field of Search: 439/578, 439253-257, 439350-354, 439/357, 439/358
• US Class Current: 439/578
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/627 Snap or like fastening
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6277 comprising annular latching means, e.g. ring snapping in an annular groove
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/40 specially adapted for high frequency

Abstract

The invention concerns a coaxial connector plug and mating plug in which the connector plug has a connector housing that is open at the front end for plugging in the mating plug and contains a canal holding an insulated internal conductor contact, with a clamp sleeve and a sliding sleeve that can be moved axially to mechanically connect the connector housing with the mating plug, wherein the sliding sleeve surrounds the clamp sleeve in the operating position and exerts on it a force directed radially inward in the operating position, and wherein the clamp sleeve can be made to rest against the mating plug at a clamp surface, and wherein an outer conductor contact surface of the mating plug can be clamped axially against an outer conductor contact surface of the connector plug. The purpose of the invention is to create a connector plug of the sort described above, where an outer conductor contact surface of the mating plug can be axially clamped against an outer conductor contact surface of the connector plug, independent of the shape of the clamp surface, in other words, even if the clamp surface is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the mating plug. This purpose is achieved in that the clamp sleeve (8) has an end section (15) with a part (15a) extending diagonally outward followed by a part (15b) extending diagonally inward and backward, wherein an axial force component (F_a) is exerted in the operating position by the clamp sleeve (8) on the clamp surface (13) via the part (15b) extending backward and in that the clamp sleeve (8) has a widening part (12) between the connector plug and the end section (15) followed by a narrowing part (12a).

Claims

1. Coaxial connector plug (1) and mating plug (14)

in which the connector plug has a connector housing (2) that is open at the front end for plugging in or attaching the mating plug and is traversed by a canal (3) containing an insulated internal conductor contact (4), and

in which a clamp sleeve (8) and a sliding sleeve (11) can be moved axially to mechanically connect the connector housing with the mating plug,

in which the sliding sleeve surrounds the clamp sleeve in the operating position and exerts on it a force directed radially inward in the operating position,

in which a clamp sleeve can be made to rest against the mating plug at a clamp surface (13), and

wherein an outer conductor contact surface (17) of the mating plug can be clamped axially against an outer conductor contact surface (6) of the connector plug,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp sleeve (8) has an end section (15) with a section (15a) extending diagonally outward followed by a section (15b) extending diagonally inward and backward, wherein in the operating position an axial force component (F_a) is applied via the backward extending section (15b) from the clamp sleeve (8) to the clamp surface (13) and

the clamp sleeve (8) between the connector plug and the end section (15) has an area that first widens (12) and then narrows (12a).

2. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to claim 1,

characterized by the fact that

the widening part (12) and the narrowing (12a) part of the clamp sleeve (8) are designed elastically with spring activation that allows them to stretch temporarily in the axial direction (A) when moving from the stand-by position to the operating position.

3. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the widening part (12) and/or the narrowing part (12a) between the connector plug and the end section (15) are designed in the form of snap-in pins (9) narrowing diagonally to the longitudinal extension.

4. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the backward extending part (15b) of the end section (15) runs either parallel or at an acute angle diagonally backward to the clamp surface (13).

5. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp surface (13) extends either perpendicular or at an inclination to the outside and to the mating plug.

6. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

it has lugs on the clamp sleeve (8) opposite the end section (15) that are bent in the radial direction and act as a rear stop for the connector housing (2) of the connector plug (1).

7. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the force (F_R) applied to the clamp sleeve (8) in the operating position is converted by the clamp sleeve (8) to an axial force component (F_a) that is exerted directly by the clamp sleeve (8) on the clamp surface (13).

8. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to claim 1,

characterized by the fact that

a radial force component (F_r) is exerted by the clamp sleeve (8) directly on a compensating surface (27) of the mating plug (15).

9. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the axial force component (F_a) is exerted by the clamp sleeve (8) on the clamp surface (13) and/or the radial force component (F_r) is exerted on the compensating surface only when the sliding sleeve is moved to the operating position.

10. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp sleeve (8) can only be brought to rest against the clamp surface (13) by moving the sliding sleeve (11) into the operating position.

11. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp surface (13) extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (A) of the mating plug (14).

12. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the compensating surface (27) extends parallel to the longitudinal axis (A) of the mating plug (14).

13. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp surface (13) is located on a ridge (22) of the mating plug (14) protruding radially outward and/or an indent of the mating plug (14) pointing radially inward.

14. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp surface (13) and/or the compensating surface (27) is designed to surround the mating plug (14).

15. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp sleeve (8) is designed in such a way that it extends axially past the clamp surface (13) and that the end part (15) is angled or bent in the direction of the clamp surface (13) or that the end part (15), angled in the direction of the clamp surface (13), rests against it and is again bent away from the clamp surface (13).

16. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp sleeve (8) has a part (12) extending radially outward, preferably immediately next to the end part (15).

17. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp sleeve (8) has axially extending slits (10).

18. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the sliding sleeve (11) surrounds the clamp sleeve (8), even in the stand-by mode, during which the clamp sleeve (8) exerts no axial force component (F_a) on the clamp surface (13).

19. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp sleeve (8) fits with its radially outermost, in particular its front-end area, into an indent (26) on the inner circumference (25) of the sliding sleeve (11).

20. Clamp sleeve to rig a coaxial connector plug (1) and a mating plug (2) according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the clamp sleeve (8) has an end section (15) with a first part (15a) extending diagonally outward, followed by a second part (15b) extending diagonally inward and backward, wherein an axial force component (F_a) is exerted in the operating position by the clamp sleeve (8) on the clamp surface (13) via the part (15b) extending backward and

the clamp sleeve (8) has a widening part (12) between the connector plug and the end section (15) followed by a narrowing part (12a).

21. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the previous claims,

characterized by the fact that

the end section (15) of the clamp sleeve (8) is designed as a snap-in pin with a spherical or spoon-shaped contact head.

22. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to claim 21,

characterized by the fact that

the contact head is widened by lateral lugs (15e) in relation to the normal width of the snap-in pin (9).

23. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the claims 21 or 22,

characterized by the fact that

the contact head extends to the full radius of the part (15a) extending outward and the part (15b) of the end section (15) extending diagonally inward and backward.

24. Coaxial connector plug and mating plug according to one of the claims 21 to 23,

characterized by the fact that

the contact head of the end section (15) forms a crease and buckle line (15f) on the inside of the end section (15).