Electrical connectors – Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient... – Clamping cam or wedge
Patent
1990-05-08
1991-02-26
McGlynn, Joseph H.
Electrical connectors
Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient...
Clamping cam or wedge
H01R 1300
Patent
active
049958372
ABSTRACT:
A testing device such as a network analyzer is joined to a test unit, such as a circulator, by an electrical precision test connector 1 having an electrical conductor 2 with conductive end portions 34 and 40, a hollow, bipartite shell 3 and a dielectric insert 4 as part of the conductor 2, the electrical conductor 2 further comprising a flexible, slotted contact end portion 24 with flat, opposing contact surfaces 36 and 37 with the slotted end portion being pinched 38 for a slideable, clamping engagement, above and below, with an inserted tab connector and the hollow, bipartite shell 3 having an end contact surface 24 and being spring biased to provide complete electrical contact with a corresponding portion of the test unit 54 during connection. The test connector 1 is characterized by a rear contact surface 24 having substantially a square profile with four flats 59, each disposed at ninety degrees around the annular face to permit the electrical conductor 2 to be withdrawn from a fixed plate 56 having interior flat surfaces 59A and the electrical conductor 2 rotated ninety degrees and replaced within the fixed plate 56 with flats 59 of its annular face fitted to the complementary flats 59A of the fixed plate 56 to prevent rotation of the conductor 2 and, consequently, misalignment within the said fixed plate 56. Further, the test connector 1 is characterized by an electrical conductor 2 with enlarged annular waist 4 which fits within the shell 3 to prevent rotational movement relative thereto.
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Couper William D.
Michael George W.
AMP Incorporated
McGlynn Joseph H.
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