Patent ID: 7198491
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange system, adapted to be mounted upon an RF hybrid assembly so as to electrically connect a plurality of coaxial electrical connectors to hermetically sealed field replaceable pins mounted upon the RF hybrid assembly and electrically connected to circuit components of the RF hybrid assembly, comprising: a single multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange structure; fastener means for fixedly securing said multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange structure upon the RF hybrid assembly; and a plurality of coaxial electrical connectors mounted upon said single multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange structure in a side-by-side arrangement such that said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors are disposed adjacent to each other upon said single multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange structure; wherein, regardless of the particular number of coaxial electrical connectors comprising said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors, said fastener means are always disposed upon opposite ends of said side-by-side arrangement of said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors at positions immediately adjacent to those coaxial electrical connectors, of said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors, which define end ones of said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors comprising said side-by-side arrangement of said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors, and wherein further, regardless of the particular number of coaxial electrical connectors comprising said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors, opposite terminal ends of said single multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange structure are always disposed immediately adjacent to said coaxial electrical connectors which define said end ones of said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors comprising said side-by-side arrangement of said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors such that the entire size and extent of said multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange system can be predeterminedly minimized so as to effectively maximize the spatial compactness of said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors as mounted upon said single multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange structure in order to, in turn, maximize the number of coaxial electrical connections of said plurality of coaxial electrical connectors to the hermetically sealed field replaceable pins and the circuit components of the RF hybrid assembly.