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

Claim 13:
14. A method for preventing an inadvertent coupling improperly or non-mating connector portions, one of the connector portions having an inner conductor socket for transmitting RF signals across a connector interface and an outer conductor basket having at least one axially projecting finger to electrically ground the connector portions;
the method including the steps of:
structuring an inhibitor for insertion between the inner conductor socket and the outer conductor basket to prevent plastic deformation of at least one of the axially projecting fingers:
(i) when promoting alignment of the mating connector portions, or
(ii) to prevent insertion of a non-mating connector portion,

structuring the insert to include an outwardly facing flange to engage a shoulder formed at a base of the axially projecting fingers of the outer conductor basket, and to
define 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.