Patent ID: 6851962
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a metallic shell having an inner wall; a preform, made of non-conductive material, firmly secured within the inner wall of the metallic shell, said preform having generally parallel top and bottom surfaces and a number of contact pin holes extending between the top and bottom surfaces; a hollow tubular sleeve per contact pin hole, each tubular sleeve having a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end of the tubular sleeve being embedded in the preform and the top end of the tubular sleeve extending above the top surface of the preform for a predetermined distance; a contact pin of conductive material secured within each tubular sleeve, each contact pin extending through the tubular sleeve and the preform, said contact pin having a first, top, end extending above the top end of the tubular sleeve by a first distance and having a second, bottom, end extending below the bottom surface of the preform by a second distance; each tubular sleeve extending above the top surface of the preform for said predetermined distance for holding its associated contact pin and for providing support to its associated contact pin for the portion of the contact pin extending through the tubular sleeve and above the tubular sleeve; and the first end of each contact pin including means for connecting a wire thereto.