Coaxial connector with inner shielding arrangement and method of assembling one
First Claim
1. An externally insulated coaxial connector for connecting two electrical coaxial components, the connector comprising an insulative housing defining first and second intersecting passageways for respectively receiving at least portions of the coaxial components and having first and second respective longitudinal axes which are not aligned with each other, the connector further comprising a first shield member which is at least partly accommodated by the first passageway and a second shield member which is at least partly accommodated by the second passageway, the first shield member having an inner end and a contact end, the inner end having a first engagement member within an intersection of the first and second passageways and aligned with the second passageway, wherein the first shield member is engageable with the second shield member by movement of the second shield member along the second longitudinal axis, and first and second electrical terminals positioned within the first and second shield members.
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Abstract
Externally insulated coaxial connector (2) for connecting two electrical coaxial components, the connector comprising an insulative housing 6 defining first and second intersecting passageways (18, 20) for respectively receiving at least portions of the coaxial components and having central longitudinal axes (16, 22) which are not aligned with each other and may be mutually perpendicular. The connector further comprising a first shield member (54) which is at least partly accommodated by the first passageway (18) and a second shield member (120) which is at least partly accommodated by the second passageway (20) and is engageable with the first shield member (54) by movement of the second shield member (120) with respect to the second passageway (20). Engagement of the first and second shield members (54, 120) with each other and engagement of first and second core connection members (44, 110) with each other may be by means of push-fit inter-engagement.
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- 1. An externally insulated coaxial connector for connecting two electrical coaxial components, the connector comprising an insulative housing defining first and second intersecting passageways for respectively receiving at least portions of the coaxial components and having first and second respective longitudinal axes which are not aligned with each other, the connector further comprising a first shield member which is at least partly accommodated by the first passageway and a second shield member which is at least partly accommodated by the second passageway, the first shield member having an inner end and a contact end, the inner end having a first engagement member within an intersection of the first and second passageways and aligned with the second passageway, wherein the first shield member is engageable with the second shield member by movement of the second shield member along the second longitudinal axis, and first and second electrical terminals positioned within the first and second shield members.
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14. A method of assembling an externally insulated coaxial connector for connecting two electrical coaxial components, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a one piece insulative housing defining first and second intersecting passageways having central longitudinal axes which are not aligned with each other;
(b) inserting a first core connection member within a first shield member and inserting the first core connection member and the first shield member at least partly into the first passageway towards the intersecting passageways; and
(c) inserting a second shield member at least partly into the second passageway towards the intersecting passageways so that it engages and electrically connects with the first shield member at a position within the intersecting passageways. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
- (a) providing a one piece insulative housing defining first and second intersecting passageways having central longitudinal axes which are not aligned with each other;
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17. An insulated coaxial connector for connecting two electrical coaxial components, the connector comprising:
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a one-piece insulative housing having two connecting passageways, with access to the passageways provided at each open end, and each passageway having a central longitudinal axis, the central longitudinal axes being non-aligned; and coaxial shield and signal contact components being insertable through the open ends of the passageways and being electrically connected at a position within the intersection of the non-aligned central longitudinal axes.
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