Patent ID: 6729912
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An RCA audio signal connector for attachment to a coaxial audio cable having a central signal conductor and an outer ground conductor, comprising:an elongated, substantially cylindrical base having front and back ends, a throughbore extending axially between the front and back ends, and a counterbore at the front end; a rigid, elongated, conductive signal core having a back end within the base and a front end extending from the base along said axis; a conductive spring member surrounding the core and extending along the core axis with a front end adjacent the front end of the core and a back end adjacent the back end of the core, wherein the spring member includes a plurality of radially outwardly bowed spring elements between the front and back ends of the spring member; a substantially cylindrical ground sleeve having a back end situated in the counterbore at the front end of the base and rigidly engaging the base, and a front end that projects forward from the front end of the base; and an insulating ring situated within and rigidly engaging the sleeve, having a front portion intimately molded over the back end of the core member and the back end of the spring member, and a back portion including a bore coaxially aligned with the through bore of the base such that said audio cable is insertable from the back of the base through the bore of the base into said bore in the ring; wherein the front end of the core projects forward of the front end of the sleeve and the spring elements of the spring member extend along the core forward of the ring and spaced radially inward of the sleeve.