IP Library Granted Patent US 7,540,780
Granted Patent B2
US 7,540,780 · App. 11/195,829 · Granted Jun 2, 2009

Microphone connector

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
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Patent No.
US 7,540,780
App. No.
11/195,829
Granted
Jun 2, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microphone connector comprising a receptacle which is made of a conductive material, receives a cable connector at one end of a microphone cable, includes a bottom plate, and a plurality of pins passing through the bottom plate. In the microphone connector, a cylindrical metal tube is coupled to a periphery of the bottom plate and is electrically integral with the receptacle; a printed circuit board is attached to the cylindrical metal tube and covers an opening thereof; connecting terminals are electrically integral with the pins, extend outward from the bottom plate, pass through the printed circuit board, and are electrically connected to wiring patterns on the printed circuit board; and capacitors are connected between the wiring pattern for the grounding pin and the wiring patterns for the other pins, and short-circuit high frequency signals.

Claims (6)

1. A microphone connector comprising a receptacle which is made of a conductive material, receives a cable connector at one end of a microphone cable, includes a bottom plate, and a plurality of pins passing through the bottom plate,

wherein a cylindrical metal tube is coupled to a periphery of the bottom plate and is electrically integral with the receptacle; a printed circuit board is attached to the cylindrical metal tube and covers an opening thereof; connecting terminals are electrically integral with the pins, extend outward from the bottom plate, pass through the printed circuit board, and are electrically connected to wiring patterns on the printed circuit board; and capacitors are connected between the wiring pattern for the grounding pin and the wiring patterns for the other pins, and short-circuit high frequency signals.

2. The microphone connector of claim 1 , wherein the capacitors are mounted on a surface of the printed circuit board facing the bottom plate in a space between an outer surface of the bottom plate and the printed circuit board.

3. The microphone connector of claim 1 , wherein the wiring pattern for the grounding pin surrounds the wiring patterns for the other pins and a periphery of the printed circuit board.

4. The microphone connector of claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit boards are provided with wiring patterns on opposite surfaces thereof, the wiring pattern for the grounding pin surrounds the wiring patterns for the other pins and a periphery of the printed circuit board.

5. The microphone connector of claim 3 or 4 , wherein the wiring pattern for the grounding is electrically connected to the cylindrical metal tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2005
From: AKINO, HIROSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-250234 · Aug 30, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060045303A1 · Mar 2, 2006