Patent ID: 8636522
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A coaxial connector comprising: a center contact configured to be terminated to a circuit board; an outer contact having a central cavity, the center contact being disposed in the central cavity, the outer contact having a mating end configured to be mated to a mating connector, the outer contact having a terminating end configured to be mounted to the circuit board, the cavity extending between the mating end and the terminating end, the outer contact including a barrel at the terminating end, the outer contact having a shroud surrounding the barrel at the terminating end, the outer contact having a circumferential groove disposed between the barrel and the shroud; a circuit board mount coupled to the terminating end, the circuit board mount being configured to mechanically and electrically connect the outer contact to the circuit board, the circuit board mount having a cylindrical rim and mounting legs extending from the rim, the rim being received in the circumferential groove, the mounting legs being configured to be terminated to the circuit board to mechanically and electrically connect the circuit board mount to the circuit board; and a dielectric insert received in the central cavity, the dielectric insert having a bore that receives and holds the center contact, the dielectric insert having structural features extending axially along an exterior of the dielectric insert, air gaps being defined between the structural features, the structural features engaging the outer contact to secure the dielectric insert in the central cavity.