Patent ID: 8641447

Claim:
A coaxial connector comprising: a center contact configured to be mated with a center contact of a mating connector and configured to be electrically connected to a conductor of a cable, the center contact extending along a contact axis oriented generally perpendicular to an axis of the conductor of the cable; an outer contact having a cavity, the center contact being disposed in the cavity, the outer contact having a separable interface end configured to be mated to the mating connector, the outer contact having a terminating end configured to be terminated to an end of the cable, the separable interface end and terminating end being oriented generally perpendicular to one another; a dielectric insert received in the cavity, the dielectric insert having a bore that receives and holds the center contact, the dielectric insert having structural features extending axially along an exterior of the dielectric insert, air gaps being defined between the structural features, the structural features engaging the outer contact to secure the dielectric insert in the cavity; and a pin contact configured to be terminated to an end of the conductor, the pin contact extending along a pin contact axis generally perpendicular to the contact axis of the center contact, the center contact having a mating end and a terminating end, the center contact having an open-sided barrel at the terminating end with two paddles opposing one another across a gap, the pin contact being received in the gap and the paddles pressing against the pin contact to make an electrical connection between the pin contact and the center contact.