Coaxial electrical connector with resilient conductive wires

Details Coaxial electrical connector with resilient conductive wires Coaxial electrical connector with resilient conductive wires

1999-04-30

2000-08-15

Donovan, Lincoln

Electrical connectors

With insulation other than conductor sheath

Plural-contact coupling part

439843, 439847, H01R 2400, H01R 3320

Patent

active

061027464

ABSTRACT:
A female electrical connector for mating with a male counterpart is provided. The female connector includes an outer structure and an inner structure. The outer structure has a first inner surface for receiving a first contact member of the male counterpart. The inner structure includes at least one resilient conducting wire mounted within the inner structure for contacting the second contact member of the male counterpart upon insertion of the second contact member of the male counterpart into the inner structure. The at least one resilient conducting wire has opposite ends and a central portion. The opposite ends are contacting and fixed to the inner structure. The central portion is spaced from the second inner surface prior to insertion of the second contact member of the male counterpart into the inner structure and displaced toward the second inner surface upon insertion of the second contact member of the male counterpart into the inner structure. The connector may include a plurality of the resilient conducting wires, the wires extending at a non-intersecting angle to the longitudinal axis in order to form a hyperboloid shape. Alternately, the connector may include a plurality of the resilient conducting wires extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. Typically, the inner and outer structure are coaxial.

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