Patent ID: 6106314
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A coaxial jack connector having an internal switch mechanism and a shielded signal conductor comprising:a housing;a shell supported by said housing, said shell having an axis and an axial opening defining a plug travel path inside said shell for a mating plug;an elongate conductor supported coaxially inside said shell and having a receptacle portion for interconnecting with a corresponding conductor of said plug;a conductor shield positioned in substantially surrounding relation to a portion of said elongate conductor and including an access window positioned so that a portion of said elongate conductor is accessible;a switch contact support positioned at a back portion of said shell;an elongate resilient first switch contact fixed at said switch contact support on one side of said shell axis, wherein said first switch contact extends inside said shell toward said axial opening with a predetermined inclination and has a free end positioned on a side of said shell axis opposite said one side;wherein said first switch contact is configured and positioned to make an electrical connection with said conductor through said access window of said conductor shield, and inside said shell in the absence of an inserted plug; andan elongate actuator supported on the inner periphery of said shell and extending toward said back portion of said shell, wherein said actuator has an engaging part that protrudes into said plug travel path and is configured to cause said free end of said first switch contact to deflect by an amount sufficient to break said electrical connection between said contact and said conductor when a mating plug travels into said shell and displaces said engaging part of said actuator.