Patent ID: 8636529

Claim:
A blind mate interconnect for connecting to a coaxial transmission medium to form an electrically conductive path between the transmission medium and the blind mate interconnect, the blind mate interconnect comprising: a contact adapted for receiving a coaxial transmission medium extending circumferentially about a longitudinal axis, the contact including a main body, the main body having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a first end and an opposing second end, the first end disposed on the proximal portion and the second end disposed on the distal portion, the contact comprising an electrically conductive material; an insulator circumferentially disposed about the contact, the insulator including a first insulator component and a second insulator component, the components cooperating to receive the contact, the components including at least one insulator flange; and an outer conductor circumferentially disposed about the insulator, the outer conductor including a first end, a second end opposite the first end and a tubular body therebetween, the ends having at least one radial array of substantially helical slots starting at the first end and radially extending from an outer surface to an inner surface, the slots extending helically from the end along the tubular body for a distance, the slots delineating at least one array of substantially helical cantilevered beams, the helical cantilevered beams having at least a free end and a fixed end, the tubular body having at least one radial array of sinuate cuts, the cuts delineating at least one radial array of sinuate sections, the sinuate sections cooperating with the at least one array of substantially helical cantilevered beams to compensate for misalignment within a coaxial transmission medium, the conductor comprising an electrically conductive material.