Patent ID: 11923633
Assignee: JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An insert configured to inhibit plastic deformation of at least one axially projecting finger of an outer conductor basket associated with an RF connector, comprising:
an outwardly facing flange configured to engage a shoulder formed at a base of axially projecting fingers of the outer conductor basket, and defining:
a corrugated tubular structure comprising an elongate axis, wherein the corrugated tubular structure comprises,
a plurality of engagement sections extending normal to the outwardly facing flange, each engagement section having a surface disposed substantially normally to a radial projecting from the elongate axis, and
a plurality of stiffening sections having a surface disposed substantially parallel to a radial projecting from the elongate axis.