Patent ID: 9711919
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A coaxial cable connector with ingress reduction shielding, the connector comprising: an outer connector body and a coaxially arranged center pin; a connector female end for receiving a mating connector center conductor; a metallic waveguide located in the female connector end, the waveguide having a central aperture; a first electrical insulator inserted in the waveguide aperture, the insulator having a through hole for receiving the mating connector center conductor; the waveguide aperture having a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the mating connector center conductor and less than or equal to 3.0 mm; and, the waveguide configured to shield connector body internals from the ingress of radio frequency signals; wherein a waveguide web in which the waveguide aperture is formed is interposed between the first insulator and a second insulator.