Patent ID: 8167648

Claim:
A low noise connector for a pair of cables each cable having a center conductor, a coaxial middle conductor encircling but conductively isolated from said center conductor, and a coaxial outer conductor encircling but conductively isolated from said middle conductor and said central conductor, said connector comprising: (a) a first adapter comprising: (i) a first center connector conductively connectable to said center conductor of a first cable; (ii) a first middle connector conductively connectable to said middle conductor of said first cable and conductively isolated from said first center connector; (iii) a first outer connector conductively connectable to said outer conductor of said first cable and conductively isolated from said first center connector and said first middle connector; (iv) a first inner housing conductively connectable to said first middle connector and conductively isolated from said first center connector and said first outer connector; and (v) a first outer housing conductively connectable to said outer conductor of said first cable and conductively isolated from said first center connector and said first middle connector; and (b) a second adapter arranged for engagement with said first adapter and comprising: (i) a second center connector conductively connectable to said center conductor of a second cable and arranged for mating engagement with said first center connector when said second adapter is engaged with said first adapter; (ii) a second middle connector conductively connectable to said middle conductor of said second cable and conductively isolated from said second center connector, said second middle connector arranged for mating engagement with said first middle connector when said second adapter is engaged with said first adapter; (iii) a second outer connector conductively connectable to said outer conductor of said second cable and conductively isolated from said second center connector and said second middle connector, said second outer connector arranged for mating engagement with said first outer connector when said second adapter is engaged with said first adapter; (iv) a second inner housing conductively connected to said second middle connector and conductively isolated from said second center connector and said second outer connector, said second inner housing and said first inner housing arranged to substantially enclose said first center connector, said second center connector, said first middle connector and said second middle connector when said first adapter is engaged with said second adapter; and (v) a second outer housing conductively connectable to said outer conductor of said first cable and conductively isolated from said second center connector and said second middle connector, said second outer housing and said first outer housing arranged to substantially enclose said first inner housing, said second inner housing, said first outer connector and said second outer connector when said first adapter is engaged with said second adapter.