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

Claim 5:
6. A connector configured to transmit RF signals across an interface, comprising:
an inner conductor socket for transmitting the RF signals from one of a pair of mating connectors to another of the pair of mating connectors;
an outer conductor basket, configured to electrically ground the respective one of the paor of mating connectors;
the inner conductor socket and the outer conductor basket each having a plurality of axially projecting fingers separated by a plurality of axial slots; and,
an inhibitor interposing the inner conductor socket and the outer conductor basket and comprising an insert including a plurality of engagement sections each having a surface disposed substantially normal to a radial projecting from an elongate axis and a plurality of stiffening sections having a surface disposed substantially parallel to a radial projecting from the elongate axis and configured to prevent one of the: (i) insertion of a non-mating connector between the socket and basket of the other of the pair of mating connectors and (ii) misalignment of the pair of mating connectors during assembly of the mating connectors,
wherein the insert inhibits plastic deformation of at least one of the axially projecting fingers of the pair of mating connectors and promotes alignment of the mating connectors.