Patent ID: 6350155
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A plug connector for use in a wireless telephone hinge assembly to couple electrical signal energy through the hinge assembly, said plug connector comprising:a hollow metallic housing having an axial length, within which is concentrically disposed an inside contact pin extending over the axial length of the housing, and said inside contact pin in order to make contact with a reciprocal plug connector is accessible at a front side of the housing, the front side being open toward the plug side of the plug connector, wherein a latch interlock and a contact basket, which extends out of the open front side of the housing and which is rotatably mounted about the longitudinal axis of the housing, are disposed coaxially with the inside contact pin, the contact basket making permanent electrical contact with the metallic housing via a contact plate that is configured and arranged to provide a longitudinal sliding electrically conductive contact, which is coaxial with the inside contact pin.