Patent ID: 6375507
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Connector for high frequency signals, comprising a housing of insulating material and a plurality of male contact elements, said housing having a bottom and two opposite side walls extending upwardly from the bottom, the bottom and side walls determining a receiving space, wherein the bottom is provided with cavities regularly arranged in rows and columns, wherein each of the contact elements is mounted in a cavity, an upper end of each contact element projecting into the receiving space, wherein the bottom of the housing comprises first and second bottom parts, wherein the cavities extend through both bottom parts, wherein each cavity of at least a plurality of said cavities have a first stop in the first bottom part and a second stop in the second bottom part, said first and second stops in each cavity determining a mounting chamber, wherein the contact elements are mounted in the cavities by means of at least one support element on each contact element being clamped between the first and second stops in a corresponding mounting chamber.