Electrical connectors – Self aligning contact – Contact mounted in floating nonconductive holder
Patent
1996-07-03
1998-05-05
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
Self aligning contact
Contact mounted in floating nonconductive holder
439552, 439578, H01R 1364
Patent
active
057466173
ABSTRACT:
A connector is provided for electrically and coaxially coupling a cable to a male plug assembly. The connector includes a coupling collar adapted to receive the cable therein and to selectively receive the male plug assembly in mating engagement with the cable. The connector also includes a housing adapted to movably support the coupling collar such that the coupling collar is freely movable in a substantially orthogonal direction relative to the coaxial direction to facilitate the mating engagement. A spring is provided to urge the connector towards mating engagement. The coupling collar is generally cylindrical and includes a flange which extends outwardly from the periphery of the collar in the substantially orthogonal direction. The flange is slidably supported within a substantially planar centering washer such that the flange is adapted to move in the substantially orthogonal direction within the centering washer. The centering washer is concentrically and slidably disposed within an elongated bore of the stationary housing and is supported within the bore by the spring.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3094364 (1963-06-01), Lingg
patent: 4227765 (1980-10-01), Neumann et al.
patent: 4426127 (1984-01-01), Kubota
Kerrigan James J.
Porter, Jr. Frank Kendall
Bello Herbert L.
Paumen Gary F.
Quality Microwave Interconnects, Inc.
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