Patent ID: 6042421
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A coaxial connector for connection to a mating device that includes coaxial inner and outer terminal parts, comprising:a housing having a passageway walls forming a passageway with a longitudinal axis extending in front and rear directions;a coax unit lying in said passageway, said coax unit including inner and outer coaxial terminals for engaging the inner and outer terminal parts of the mating device, with said outer coaxial terminal having a front end and with said inner coaxial terminal having a front end projecting forward of said outer coaxial terminal front end;a sheet metal electrically conductive coupling element that lies partially in a passageway wall extension that extends radially outward from said passageway, with said coupling element lying beside the coax unit, said coupling element having a portion that presses against the outer coaxial terminal of said coax unit, said coupling element having a forward portion that extends at a radially inward incline toward said longitudinal axis and that has a contact location lying forward of said outer coaxial terminal of said coaxial unit, to engage the mating outer terminal part of the mating device and thereby electrically connect it to said outer coaxial terminal;said coupling element being slidably engaged with said coax unit so said coupling element and said coax unit can be separately slid into said housing.