Patent ID: 6402565
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electronic interconnect assembly comprising:a high speed coaxial interconnect for a coaxial transmission line having a central signal conductor and a surrounding shield conductor, the coaxial interconnect having a male side and a female side; the female side including a shield sleeve defining a chamber for receiving a male shield contact on the male side; the shield sleeve including a contact facility having a compliant portion operable to flexibly grip the male shield contact; a mechanical alignment facility having coarse and fine mechanical alignment portions with the coarse mechanical alignment portion including a closely mating pocket and body wherein the pocket has a rim and a floor recessed below the rim such that the rim provides a first angular displacement limit of the body, and the fine mechanical alignment portion including a tapered notch defined in one of the pocket and body having a shouldered guide formed there and a key closely mating with the notch defined in the other of the pocket and body such that the shouldered guide of the notch receiving the key provides a second angular displacement limit of the body; and one of the pocket and boy attached to the male side, the other of the pocket and body attached to the female side.