IP Library Granted Patent US 10,566,748
Granted Patent B2
US 10,566,748 · App. 16/290,925 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Shielded coaxial connector

Inventor: Michael Holland (Santa Barbara, CA)
Assignee: Holland Electronics, LLC
H01R24/46H01R24/525H01R2103/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,566,748
App. No.
16/290,925
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coaxial connector has a selectively engageable radio frequency interference shield.

Claims (30)

1. A switched coaxial cable connector, the connector comprising:

a tubular connector body housing a spring;

a spring expanse where a first spring end bears a moving insulator and a second spring end opposite the first bears on a fixed insulator;

the moving insulator having a central bore and counterbore;

a moving electrical contact with a pin end, the counterbore for receiving a moving contact shoulder, the pin end passing through the bore into the spring expanse;

the fixed insulator having a central tubular boss on a side opposite the moving electrical contact pin end;

a fixed electrical contact with a pin end and a socket end, the socket end inserted in the central tubular boss; and,

the moving electrical contact pin end for removable insertion in the fixed electrical contact socket end for completing an electrical circuit through the connector.

2. The connector of claim 1 where the connector body conducts an electrical circuit ground and the contacts conduct an electrical circuit signal.

3. The connector of claim 2 where the moving electrical contact has a socket end opposite the pin end, the socket end protruding from a first end of the connector.

4. The connector of claim 3 further comprising:

an insulator stop encircling the moving electrical contact and preventing the moving contact shoulder from leaving the counterbore.

5. The connector of claim 4 where the fixed electrical contact pin end protrudes from a second end of the connector.

6. The connector of claim 1 further comprising a connector body first counterbore for receiving the fixed insulator.

7. The connector of claim 6 further comprising a connector body second counterbore for receiving the insulator stop.

8. The connector of claim 7 further comprising:

a stationary contact housing having an end for insertion in the connector body; and,

the stationary contact housing for pressing the fixed insulator toward the first counterbore.

9. The connector of claim 8 further comprising:

a connector end insulator inserted in the stationary contact housing; and,

the connector end insulator encircling and supporting the fixed electrical contact.

10. The connector of claim 9 wherein the stationary contact housing encircles the central tubular boss.

11. A method of making a coaxial connector with an internal switch, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a tubular connector body housing and a spring therein;

urging a moving insulator away from a fixed insulator using the spring;

holding a fixed electrical conductor in a fixed insulator tubular boss that extends away from the moving insulator;

carrying a moving electrical conductor with the moving insulator;

boring and counterboring the moving insulator to receive therethrough a pin end of the moving conductor such that a shoulder of the moving conductor is inserted in the counterbore; and,

inserting a socket end of the fixed electrical contact in the fixed insulator tubular boss;

wherein the moving electrical conductor pin is for removable insertion in the fixed electrical conductor socket for completing an electrical circuit through the connector.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 15784105 · Oct 14, 2017
Continuation 15221429 · Jul 27, 2016
Continuation In Part 14728589 · Jun 2, 2015
Continuation 13723800 · Dec 21, 2012
Provisional Application 61612922 · Mar 19, 2012
Related Publication 20190199045A1 · Jun 27, 2019