Low profile RF connector and method of manufacturing the RF connector

• US 6,474,995 B1
• Filed: 10/30/2001
• Issued: 11/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Jerry
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US10/021,628
• Time in Patent Office: 371 Days
• Field of Search: 439/63, 439/188, 439/944, 439/736
• US Class Current: 439/63
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/57 surface mounting terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/50 mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board]

Abstract

A low profile radio frequency (RF) connector (100) includes a first carrier (4) having a metal shell (2), a second carrier (5) having a center contact (3) with a center pin (30) and an insert molded insulative housing (6). The method for producing such a connector comprises forming metal shells and center contacts on a first and second carriers, positioning the first carrier above the second carrier with the metal shell aligned vertically a corresponding center contact, moving the first and second carriers synchronously, positioning the center pins in a center of the corresponding metal shells from bottom and then insert molding the metal shells and the center contacts with an insulative housing.

Claims

1. A radio frequency (RF) connector arrangement comprising:

a first carrier including a metal shell, the metal shell having a body and a hollow center portion defined by the body;

a second carrier including a center contact, the center contact having a base portion and a center pin;

the center pin of the center contact being positioned in a center of the hollow center portion of the metal shell; and

an insulative housing being insert molded to the center contact and the metal shell;

wherein the body of the metal shell is cylindrical having two soldering tags extending from a bottom of the cylindrical body and a connecting portion connected to the first carrier;

wherein the center pin of the center contact extends perpendicularly from the base portion;

wherein a plurality of recesses are defined in a bottom of the base portion of the center contact.