Patent ID: 8647128

Claim:
A coaxial connector comprising: a center contact configured to be mated with a center contact of a mating coaxial connector; a board contact coupled to the center contact, the board contact configured to be terminated to a circuit board; an outer contact having a cavity, the center contact and board contact being disposed in the cavity and being electrically connected to one another in the cavity, the outer contact having a separable interface end configured to be mated to the mating coaxial connector, the outer contact having a terminating end configured to be mounted to the circuit board; a circuit board mount coupled to the terminating end, the circuit board mount being configured to electrically connect the outer contact to the circuit board; and a dielectric insert received in the cavity, the dielectric insert having a bore extending axially along the dielectric insert that receives and holds either the center contact or the board contact, the dielectric insert having structural features extending axially along an exterior of the dielectric insert and spaced radially apart to define radial spaces between the axially extending structural features, air gaps being defined in the radial spaces between the structural features, the structural features engaging the outer contact to secure the dielectric insert in the cavity.