Patent · US Active

Radio frequency connector assembly

US8366483B2 · kind B2 · utility

28Cited by

7References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd · US
Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH · DE

Inventors

Douglas John Hardy · Middletown, US
John Wesley Hall · Harrisburg, US
Sean Patrick McCarthy · Palmyra, US
Olivier De Cloet · Lorsch, DE
Stefan Nagel · Offenbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 2011
Grant date	Feb 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 4, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2103/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a center contact configured to be terminated to a center conductor of a cable. A dielectric holds the center contact. A stamped and formed outer contact surrounds the dielectric and the center contact. The outer contact is configured to be terminated to a braid of the cable. A stamped and formed outer ferrule surrounds at least a portion of the outer contact such that the braid is sandwiched between the outer ferrule and the outer contact.

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