Multi-pin connector block assembly
AssigneeCorning Optical Communications RF LLC
InventorThomas Edmond Flaherty, IV
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Abstract
A radio frequency (RF) connector block assembly having a plurality of connector pin assemblies mounted within a multi-connector block is disclosed. Each connector pin assembly has a dielectric and a contact pin positioned in a housing. Multiple housings may be independently removably mounted in the multi-connector block with independently movable contact pins. A first end of each contact pin is adapted to provide electrical continuity with an external component, for example, a connector, and a second end of each contact pin terminates distally in a connection feature, which may be connected to an external structure, for example, a printed circuit board (PCB). Each contact pin moves axially in response to movement of the connection feature by engagement with the PCB.
Claims20
A radio frequency (RF) connector block assembly, comprising:
- a multi-connector block comprising a housing port;
- a housing removably mounted in the housing port, wherein a first dielectric comprising a first through-passage extended through the first dielectric is positioned in the housing and a second dielectric comprising a second through-passage extended through the second dielectric is positioned in the housing, wherein the second through-passage is aligned with the first through-passage, and wherein a gap is defined between the first dielectric and the second dielectric, and
- a contact pin movably disposed in the housing, wherein the contact pin includes a plurality of pin sections and an annular collar at a juncture of a first pin section movably disposed in the first through-passage and a second pin section movably disposed in the second through-passage, wherein axial movement of the contact pin is limited to movement of the annular collar in the gap.
A radio frequency (RF) connector block assembly, comprising:
- a multi-connector block comprising a housing port;
- a housing removably mounted in the housing port, wherein a dielectric and a bushing are positioned in the housing and the dielectric comprising a dielectric through-passage is mounted on the bushing comprising a bushing through-passage;
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- a contact pin movably disposed in the housing and friction fitted in the dielectric through-passage, wherein the contact pin is movably disposed in the dielectric through-passage so that the contact pin is axially moveable in a first direction and a second direction in the dielectric through-passage and at least a portion of the contact pin extends past an open distal end of the housing by a predefined distance that is sufficient to allow the contact pin to axially move in response movement of a connection feature, and
- wherein the contact pin includes a plurality of pin sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.