Patent · US Expired

Contact securing sleeve for use with a coaxial cable

US6394840B1 · kind B1 · utility

33Cited by

4References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Whitaker & Company · US

Inventors

Uwe Gassauer · Langen (Hessen), DE
Lothar Post · Düsseldorf, DE
Horst Neumeuer · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Dieter Lietz · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 8, 2000
Grant date	May 28, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 8, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/6277
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector for coaxial cable having at least one contact with a contact region for connection to a mating contact and a connection region for connection to a coaxial cable, wherein the contact includes a peripheral groove; a contact-securing sleeve can be pushed onto the contact from an end face that has at least one latching arm which latches in the groove and at least one further latching element; and a casing with at least one receiving chamber for receiving the contact with the contact-securing sleeve, wherein the latching element of the contact-securing sleeve latches with a mating latching element of the casing and the receiving chamber holds the latching arm in the latched position.

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