Patent ID: 6336820
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A switch-equipped coaxial connector comprising:an insulating housing consisting of a plurality of insulating housing sections and having a mouth and an elongated cavity extending from said mouth in an insertion direction of a mating connector for receiving a mating pin of said mating connector through said mouth, each of said insulating housing sections extending in said insertion direction; an outer conductor provided over said insulating housing and connected to an outer conductor of said mating connector; and a pair of switching members extending in said elongated cavity in said insertion direction, each of said switching members provided in different each of said insulating housing sections and resiliently contacted with and electrically connected to each other when said insulating housing sections are assembled into one body, one of said switching members being separated from the other of said switching members and brought into contact with said mating pin when said mating connector is inserted into said elongated cavity.