Patent ID: 7114989

Claim:
A coaxial electrical connector ( 30 ), comprising: a dielectric housing ( 32 ) having a front mating face ( 38 ) and a rear face ( 40 ), a first, central terminal-receiving passage ( 54 ) extending in a direction between said faces and at least one second, auxiliary terminal-receiving passage ( 56 ); at least one auxiliary terminal ( 36 ) received in said second passage; and a center terminal ( 34 ) received in the first passage, the center terminal including: an elongated mating portion ( 74 ) projecting toward the mating face of the housing and defining a center axis ( 75 ), the elongated mating portion having a front mating end ( 74 a ) and a rear end ( 74 b ); a terminating portion ( 76 ) spaced radially of the mating portion; and a connecting portion ( 78 ) joining the elongated mating portion and the terminating portion, the connecting portion including a stabilizing section ( 78 a ) which extends rearwardly along said axis ( 75 ) from the rear end of the mating portion, the stabilizing section bearing against a section of the first passage ( 54 ) in the housing to stabilize the elongated mating portion of the center terminal, charactised in that: said elongated mating portion ( 74 ) of the center terminal ( 34 ) is cylindrical, the stabilizing section ( 78 a ) of the connecting portion ( 78 ) of the center terminal is arc-shaped and generally coincident with the cylindrical mating portion, and said connecting portion ( 78 ) of the center terminal ( 34 ) is generally J-shaped and includes a plate section ( 78 b ) extending between the arc-shaped stabilizing section ( 78 a ) and the terminating portion ( 76 ) of the center terminal.