Patent ID: 7081016

Claim:
A multipole high-frequency coaxial connector, comprising a first housing; a plurality of male connector portions within said first housing, each male connector portion configured to receive a respective coaxial cable; a second housing; and a like plurality of female connector portions within said second housing, each female connector portion configured to receive a respective coaxial cable, wherein: each connector portion comprises: a hot terminal configured to contact a central conductor of the respective coaxial cable; a tubular insulator covering a part of the hot terminal; and a grounding terminal provided on an outer periphery of the insulator and configured to be connected to a second conductor of the respective coaxial cable, said first housing and said second housing are configured to be engaged to mate said connector portions, with each male connector portion hot terminal within the hot terminal of an associated female connector portion, and with each male connector portion grounding terminal within the grounding terminal of said associated female connector portion, the grounding terminal of each male connector portion has a radially protruding section at a distal end thereof, and the distal end of at least one grounding terminal of each mateable associated male connector portion and female connector portion has a plurality of slits therein, permitting the radially protruding sections of said male connector portion grounding terminals to alter a diameter of the distal ends of the slitted grounding terminals as the male connector portion grounding terminals are inserted into said female connector portion grounding terminals during mating of said connector portions, assuring contact between the grounding terminals of the mated connector portions so as to provide electrical continuity between said grounding terminals.