Patent ID: 6880241
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting a plurality of coaxial cables to a printed circuit board comprising the steps of providing an alignment aperture on the printed circuit board, providing a coaxial cable having a center conductor and a shield, stripping the plurality of coaxial cables to expose the center conductor and shield, providing a flexible carrier having an alignment aperture, bonding the plurality of center conductors of the coaxial cables to the flexible carrier using an electrically nonconductive adhesive, bonding the shields of the coaxial cables to the flexible carrier, providing a first rigid element adjacent the printed circuit board, providing a second rigid element adjacent the printed circuit board and to the opposite side of the first rigid element, pressing the second rigid element down onto the plurality of coaxial cables, onto the printed circuit board, and onto the first rigid element such that electrical contact is obtained thereby and, providing a base plate having a positioning pin for aligning the aperture in the printed circuit board and the aperture in the flexible carrier with the base plate.