Coaxial connector

• US 7,422,456 B1
• Filed: 03/20/2008
• Issued: 09/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hirose Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hirose Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Nobe, Takeshi, Katayama, Teruo, Mitani, Ikujiro
• Primary Examiner(s): TA, THO DAC
• Application Number:
  US12/076,584
• Time in Patent Office: 173 Days
• Field of Search: 439246-248
• US Class Current: 439/248
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/52 mounted in or to a panel or structure

Abstract

A coaxial connector to be connected to a mating connector includes a fixed assembly body and a movable assembly body connected to the fixed assembly body along an axial direction. The fixed assembly body includes a fixed side inner conductive body; a holding member for holding the movable assembly body; a fixed side insulation member for insulating between the fixed side inner conductive body and the holding member; and a first urging member for using the movable assembly body. The movable assembly body includes a movable side inner conductive body; a movable side outer conductive body; and a movable side insulation member. The movable side inner conductive body includes a first relay terminal having a retaining portion, a second relay terminal having a contact portion retained in the retaining portion, and a second urging member for urging the second relay terminal toward the fixed side inner conductive body.

Claims

1. A coaxial connector to be connected to a mating connector, comprising:

a fixed assembly body to be fixed to an object; and

a movable assembly body connected to the fixed assembly body along an axial direction thereof, said movable assembly body being arranged to movable in the axial direction and a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction,

wherein said fixed assembly body includes;

a fixed side inner conductive body;

a holding member attached to the object for holding the movable assembly body to be movable in the axial direction and the radial direction;

a fixed side insulation member for insulating between the fixed side inner conductive body and the holding member; and

a first urging member for urging the movable assembly body toward the mating connector, and

said movable assembly body includes;

a movable side inner conductive body, said movable side inner conductive body including a first relay terminal having a retaining portion, a second relay terminal electrically connected to the first relay terminal and having a contact portion retained in the retaining portion to contact with the fixed side inner conductive body, and a second urging member for urging the second relay terminal toward the fixed side inner conductive body;

a movable side outer conductive body; and

a movable side insulation member for insulation the movable side inner conductive body and the movable side outer conductive body.

2. The coaxial connector according to claim 1, wherein said fixed side inner conductive body includes a sliding surface so that the contact portion slides against the sliding surface, said sliding surface having a first radius in the radial direction larger than a sum of a second radius of the contact portion in the radial direction and a movable amount of the movable assembly body in the radial direction.

3. The coaxial connector according to claim 1, wherein said second urging member is formed of a first coil spring disposed along an inner surface of the retaining portion, said second relay terminal including a protruding portion retained in the first coil spring, a first flange portion for receiving an urging force of the first coil spring, and a main body portion having the contact portion.

4. The coaxial connector according to claim 1, wherein said first relay terminal is arranged so that the inner surface of the retaining portion contacts with an outer surface of the main body portion to electrically connect the first relay terminal to the second relay terminal.

5. The coaxial connector according to claim 1, wherein said movable side outer conductive body includes an outer shell member to fit in the mating connector, an inner shell member arranged to contact with the first urging member and attached to the outer shell member, and a third urging member for urging the outer shell member away from the inner shell member in the axial direction.

6. The coaxial connector according to claim 5, wherein said third urging member is formed of a second coil spring, said outer shell member including a second flange portion for receiving an urging force of the second coil spring, said inner shell member including a third flange portion for receiving the urging force of the second coil spring.

7. The coaxial connector according to claim 1, wherein said first urging member is formed of a leaf spring, said holding member including a fixed side holding member for holding the leaf spring.

8. The coaxial connector according to claim 1, wherein said first relay terminal further includes a first engagement protruding portion for engaging the movable side insulation member, and said fixed side inner conductive body includes a second engagement protruding portion for engaging the fixed side insulation member.

9. The coaxial connector according to claim 1, wherein holding member includes a fourth flange portion to be placed on the object, said fourth flange portion having a hole for inserting a fixing screw to be fixed to the object.