Patent ID: 6203329
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for electrically interconnecting a first terminal to a second terminal and controlling impedance of the interconnection, comprising:(a) a housing having a portion which is electrically conductive, said housing having a number of slots formed therein;(b) a sleeve provided in a preselected one of said number of slots of said housing and having a portion which is electrically insulative, said sleeve forming a contact receiving slot; and(c) a contact selected from a plurality of contacts having different areas and disposed in said contact receiving slot formed by said sleeve, at least a portion of said contact being electrically conductive, and said sleeve electrically insulating the portion of said contact that is electrically conductive of said contact from the portion of said housing that is electrically conductive;(d) whereby when said first terminal and said second terminal engage said contact, said contact electrically connecting said first terminal to said second terminal;(e) wherein a portion of a wall defining said sleeve overlying said contact is removed to define at least one aperture, said sleeve in combination with said selected contact effecting serial matching of impedance along a connection of said first terminal to said second terminal through said contact.