Electronic assembly including RF feedthrough connector and related methods
View Patent ↗An electronic assembly may include a housing having an opening therein and an RF feedthrough connector in the opening of the housing. The RF feedthrough connector may include a tubular body, and a plurality of displaceable protrusions carried by an upper outer surface portion of the tubular body. The plurality of displaceable protrusions may define an enlarged upper portion thereof engaging adjacent upper portions of the housing. The RF feedthrough connector may also include a sealed joint between the housing and the RF feedthrough connector.
1. An electronic assembly comprising:
a housing having an opening therein;
an RF feedthrough connector in the opening of said housing and comprising
a tubular body, and
a plurality of displaceable protrusions carried by an upper outer surface portion of said tubular body defining an enlarged upper portion thereof engaging adjacent upper portions of said housing, and
a sealed joint between said housing and said RF feedthrough connector.
2. The electronic assembly according to claim 1 wherein said tubular body defines a longitudinal axis; and wherein said plurality of displaceable protrusions comprise a plurality of spaced ridges extending parallel with the longitudinal axis.
3. The electronic assembly according to claim 1 wherein said sealed joint comprises a welded joint.
4. The electronic assembly according to claim 1 wherein the opening comprises a cylindrical opening having a flat bottom.
5. The electronic assembly according to claim 4 further comprising a flat spring between said tubular body and said housing at the flat bottom of the cylindrical opening.
6. The electronic assembly according to claim 5 wherein said flat spring comprises an annular flat portion and a plurality of spring petals carried within an interior thereof.
7. The electronic assembly according to claim 6 wherein said plurality of spring petals define a pin receiving passageway therein.
8. The electronic assembly according to claim 1 wherein said RF feedthrough connector further comprises:
a dielectric material within said tubular body; and
at least one pin extending through said dielectric material.
9. The electronic assembly according to claim 1 wherein said tubular body comprises explosion welded metal.
10. An electronic assembly comprising:
a housing having a cylindrical opening having a flat bottom therein;
an RF feedthrough connector in the cylindrical opening of said housing and comprising a tubular body;
a flat spring between said tubular body and said housing at the flat bottom of the cylindrical opening, said flat spring comprising an annular flat portion and a plurality of spring petals carried within an interior thereof; and
a sealed joint between said housing and said RF feedthrough connector.
11. The electronic assembly according to claim 10 wherein said plurality of spring petals define a pin receiving passageway therein.
12. The electronic assembly according to claim 10 wherein said sealed joint comprises a welded joint.
13. The electronic assembly according to claim 10 wherein said RF feedthrough connector further comprises:
a dielectric material within said tubular body; and
at least one pin extending through said dielectric material.
14. The electronic assembly according to claim 10 wherein said tubular body comprises explosion welded metal.
15. A method of making an electronic assembly comprising:
positioning an RF feedthrough connector in an opening of a housing comprising a tubular body having a plurality of displaceable protrusions carried by an upper outer surface portion thereof to define an enlarged upper portion thereof to engage adjacent upper portions of the housing, the plurality of displaceable protrusions being displaced when engaged with the adjacent upper portions of the housing; and
forming a sealed joint between the housing and the RF feedthrough connector.
16. The method according to claim 15 wherein the tubular body defines a longitudinal axis; and wherein the plurality of displaceable protrusions comprise a plurality of spaced ridges extending parallel with the longitudinal axis.
17. The method according to claim 15 wherein forming the sealed joint comprises a forming welded joint.
18. The method according to claim 15 wherein the opening comprises a cylindrical opening having a flat bottom.
19. The method according to claim 18 further comprising positioning a flat spring between the tubular body and the housing at the flat bottom of the cylindrical opening.
20. The method according to claim 19 wherein the flat spring comprises an annular flat portion and a plurality of spring petals carried within an interior thereof.
21. The method according to claim 20 wherein the plurality of spring petals define a pin receiving passageway therein.
22. The method according to claim 15 wherein the tubular body comprises explosion welded metal.
23. A method of making an electronic assembly comprising:
positioning an RF feedthrough connector in a cylindrical opening of a housing and comprising a tubular body, and a flat spring between the tubular body and the housing at the flat bottom of the cylindrical opening, the flat spring comprising an annular flat portion and a plurality of spring petals carried within an interior thereof; and
forming a sealed joint between the housing and the RF feedthrough connector.
24. The method according to claim 23 wherein the plurality of spring petals define a pin receiving passageway therein.
25. The method according to claim 23 wherein the sealed joint comprises a welded joint.