Patent ID: 8105115

Claim:
A connection assembly comprising: a panel including a first side and a second side, the panel including a plurality of connector mounting openings extending from the first side to the second side; a first coaxial jack assembly including a first coaxial connector end and a second coaxial connector end, each of the connector ends adapted to receive and electrically mate with a coaxial connector; a first housing defining a longitudinal opening configured to position the first coaxial jack assembly within the opening with the first coaxial connector end being adjacent a first end of the housing and the second coaxial connector end being adjacent a second end of the housing, the opening of the first housing configured to slidably receive the first coaxial jack assembly through the first end; wherein the opening of the first housing and the first coaxial jack assembly each include a longitudinal guide, the guides cooperating to prevent rotation of the first coaxial jack assembly within the housing; wherein the opening of the first housing also includes a stop to longitudinally limit sliding of the first coaxial jack assembly within the housing when the first coaxial jack assembly is inserted through the first end of the housing and to prevent removal of the first coaxial jack assembly through the second end of the housing; wherein the first housing is mounted on the panel such that the first coaxial connector end of the first coaxial jack assembly extends through one of the openings of the panel and is accessible from the first side of the panel and wherein the first coaxial jack assembly is captured by the first housing against the panel such that the first coaxial jack assembly can not be removed from the first housing without first removing the first housing from the panel.