Precision BNC connector
US6602093B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2103/00
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A solution to problems of poor RF performance in conventional BNC connectors is to first, eliminate the use of Teflon, in favor of an air dielectric in the vicinity of the mating parts, and support the male and female center pins further back within the body of the connector, using other proven dielectric materials borrowed from the precision type N connector, or from another 7 mm RF connector. Next, a captive knurled draw nut provides positive displacement and the tension needed to draw the already mated male and female connector halves together, in place of the conventional spring tension. It is the bottoming out of the male shell inside the female shell that resists the positive displacement and the tension supplied by the knurled draw nut, ensuring that the two connector halves are actually in contact, and that the edges of shell surfaces that need to “vanish” for good operation do indeed vanish. The mating center conductors are rigidly mounted within their shells and bottom out against each other at the same time as do the shells. The basic bayonet latch mechanism is retained, so that either half of the new connector will mate with opposite sex halves of convention…
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