Patent ID: 6224407
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A coaxial connector assembly comprising a first coaxial connector and a second coaxial connector matable therewith in an axial direction, each connector comprising a mating section having an inner contact surrounded by an outer contact and separated therefrom by a dielectric, the first coaxial connector having a tapered funnel shaped lead-in portion for guiding and locating the connector mating sections of the first and second coaxial connectors during plugging together, wherein the inner contact of the first coaxial connector is substantially pin shaped and is resiliently movable in the axial direction with respect to the outer contact of the first coaxial connector, where the first coaxial connector further includes first and second contact legs, at least one of which comprises a resiliently supported contact for engaging a contact of the other leg when the connectors are unmated, the resiliently supported contact engaged by the inner contact of the first coaxial connector when the inner contact is axially depressed during mating of the coaxial connectors.