Crushable connector interface
View Patent ↗A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a conductive housing. The conductive housing includes a wall region enclosing a space for receiving an adapter. The conductive housing also includes an annular end piece extending radially inward from a first end of the wall region and terminating the space. The annular end piece includes a flat annular surface, and a raised deformable annulus mounted on the flat annular surface. The raised deformable annulus is of a height such that an insertion of the adapter into the space deforms the raised deformable annulus to generate a physical contact connection between the flat annular surface and the adapter.
1. A connector comprising:
a conductive housing, wherein the conductive housing comprises
a wall region enclosing a space for receiving an adapter,
an annular end piece extending radially inward from a first end of the wall region and terminating the space, wherein
the annular end piece comprises
a flat annular surface, and
a raised deformable annulus mounted on the flat annular surface,
the raised deformable annulus has a continuous contact surface, and
the raised deformable annulus is of a height such that an insertion of the adapter into the space deforms the raised deformable annulus to generate a physical contact connection between the flat annular surface and the adapter.
2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the physical contact connection is a 360-degree ring connection.
3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the wall region enclosing the space for receiving the adapter is threaded to affix to threads on the adapter.
4. The connector of claim 3 , further comprising the dielectric tube, wherein the dielectric tube is affixed to and radially surrounding the conductive pin, such that the conductive pin is exposed to the conductive tube at a first end and contacts a conductive circuit lead within the conductive housing at a second end.
5. The connector of claim 1 , further comprising a central conductive pin affixed within a dielectric tube resting within a center hole of the flat annular surface to connect to a central conductive tube of the adapter.
6. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the raised deformable annulus is composed of material of a yield strength lower than a pressure induced on the raised deformable annulus by a force used to completely insert the adapter into the space.
7. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the physical contact connection is a gas tight contact between the conductive housing and the adapter.
8. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the raised deformable annulus is composed of material of a yield strength lower than a yield strength of a material of which the adapter is composed.
9. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the raised deformable annulus is composed of material of a yield strength lower than a yield strength of a material of which the flat annular surface is composed.
10. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the raised deformable annulus is composed of the same material of which the flat annular surface is composed.