Patent ID: 6036540
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A coaxial connector comprising:a ring contact including a first end and a second end, said first end is substantially cylindrically shaped and said second end comprises a housing mating portion including a channel-shaped wall forming opposing cantilevered beams disposed in substantially tangential-relation to said channel-shaped wall; anda housing having a receptacle shell comprising an internal wall that defines a cylindrically shaped bore extending through said receptacle shell, said internal wall also defining a first internal shoulder formed by a transversely oriented projection extending into said bore from said wall and two transverse recesses formed within said wall and above said projection, said two recesses being disposed within said bore wherein said first internal shoulder and said two transverse recesses are disposed in substantially parallel-spaced-relation to one another such that when said ring contact is disposed within said bore of said housing, said cantilevered beams each electrically and mechanically engage a portion of said wall that is disposed adjacent to each of said two transverse recesses.