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Granted Patent B2
US 8,801,459 · App. 13/575,262 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Circuit board coaxial connector

Inventor: Eckhard Mrowka (Herisau, CH)
Assignee: Huber+Suhner AG
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Patent No.
US 8,801,459
App. No.
13/575,262
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a coaxial connector ( 1 ), comprising a first and a second connector part ( 2, 3 ) and an adapter ( 4 ) arranged therebetween. The first and the second connector part ( 2, 3 ) include a first inner conductor ( 5 ) and a first outer conductor ( 8 ), including a first internal cylindrical contact surface ( 24 ) and a second internal cylindrical contact surface ( 25 ), respectively. In a socket area ( 17 ) of the first inner conductor ( 5 ), a first mechanical operative-connection means interacts with a second mechanical operative-connection means ( 11 ) in the installed state in order to establish a mechanical connection ( 13 ) that is effective in the axial direction (z). The first inner conductor ( 5 ) protrudes beyond the level of the mechanical operative-connection means ( 10, 11 ) so the internal cylindrical contact surface ( 24 ) is able to compensate a large axial offset (dz) of the connector parts ( 2, 3 ) relative to the adapter ( 4 ).

Claims (15)

1. A coaxial connector ( 1 ) comprising:

a. a first and a second connector part ( 2 , 3 ) and an adapter ( 4 ) arranged therebetween, wherein

b. the first and the second connector parts ( 2 , 3 ) including a first inner conductor ( 5 ) and a first outer conductor ( 8 ), which are operatively connected to each other by means of a first spacer ( 7 ), wherein the first inner conductor ( 5 ) includes a first internal cylindrical contact surface ( 24 ) and the first outer conductor has a second internal cylindrical contact surface ( 25 ),

c. wherein the adapter ( 4 ) includes a second inner conductor ( 14 ) and a second outer conductor ( 15 ), which are operatively connected by means of a second spacer ( 12 , 12 . 1 , 12 . 2 ), wherein the second inner conductor ( 14 ) and the second outer conductor ( 15 ) include at their ends elastic spring tongues ( 18 , 19 ) with radially projecting contact beads ( 20 , 21 ), which in the assembled state electrically conductively interact with the internal cylindrical contact surfaces ( 24 , 25 ) of the first inner conductor ( 5 ) and the first outer conductor ( 8 ) of the first and second connector parts ( 2 , 3 );

d. wherein first mechanical operative-connection means ( 10 ) are arranged in a base region ( 17 ) of the first inner conductor ( 5 ), and in the assembled state interact with second mechanical operative-connection means ( 11 ) of the adapter ( 4 ) in order to form a mechanical connection ( 13 ) that is effective in an axial direction (z);

e. wherein the first inner conductor ( 5 ) projects beyond a level of the first mechanical operative-connection means ( 10 ) an axial direction (z) such that the active region of the internal cylindrical contact surface ( 24 ) compensates for a large axial offset (dz) of the connector parts ( 2 , 3 ) relative to the adapter ( 4 ).

2. The coaxial connector ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first mechanical operative-connection means comprises a radially outwardly projecting holding bead ( 10 ) on the first spacer and the second mechanical operative-connection means ( 11 ) comprises a circumferential groove ( 11 ) arranged on an inner surface ( 30 ) of the second spacer ( 12 ).

3. The coaxial connector ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second inner conductor ( 15 ) of the adapter ( 4 ) includes a cross-sectional constriction ( 27 ) in a region behind the first spring tongues ( 18 ), said constriction enabling an enlarged tilting angle α.

4. The coaxial connector ( 1 ) as claimed in claim I wherein the second spacer ( 12 ) of the adapter includes a multipartite construction ( 12 . 1 , 12 . 2 ) in an axial direction.

5. The coaxial connector ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second spacer ( 12 ) includes a first and a second part ( 12 . 1 , 12 . 2 ), which are produced from different materials.

6. The coaxial connector ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second spacer ( 12 ) includes a. first and a second part ( 12 . 1 , 12 . 2 ), which have different colors in such a way that the plugging direction is indicated.

7. The coaxial connector ( 1 )as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the connector parts ( 2 , 3 ) is suitable for accommodating a capture tunnel ( 26 ).

8. The coaxial connector( 1 ) as claimer in claim 1 , wherein the connector parts ( 2 , 3 ) are configured in identical fashion.

9. The coaxial connector ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 wherein an internal diameter (Di) of at least one connector part ( 2 , 3 ) and an external diameter (D) of the adapter ( 4 ) serve for determining a maximum tilting angle (α).

10. The coaxial connector ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first mechanical operative-connection means comprises a circumferential depression in the outer conductor and the second mechanical operative-connection means of the adapter comprises a radially inwardly projecting holding bead being able to snap into the circumferential depression.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2012
From: MROWKA, ECKHARD
To: HUBER + SUHNER AG
Reel/Frame 028669/0615 →
Continuity (1)
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