Ganged coaxial connector assembly with alternative attachment structures

A ganged coaxial connector assembly, comprising:

• a male connector comprising:
• a male connector body;
• and
• a plurality of unit male connectors arranged in the male connector body, wherein each unit male connector is configured as a 2.2-5 male connector interface and includes an inner contact, an outer contact and a dielectric spacer;
• a female connector comprising:
• a female connector body;
• and
• a plurality of unit female connectors arranged in the female connector body, wherein the number of the unit female connectors is the same as that of the unit male connectors, and each unit female connector corresponds to each unit male connector when the male connector and female connector are mated, and wherein each unit female connector is configured as a 2.2-5 female connector interface and includes an inner contact, an outer contact and a dielectric spacer;
• and
• a push-pull self-locking mechanism arranged on the male connector, the push-pull self-locking mechanism including:
• a cylindrical self-locking mechanism body arranged coaxially with the male connector body and radially spaced apart from the outer surface of the male connector body by a distance to form an annular gap between the self-locking mechanism body and the male connector body;
• a coupling sleeve at least partially covering the self-locking mechanism body;
• an annular slide block positioned in the annular gap;
• a first biasing member biasing the annular slide block toward the proximal end of the male connector;
• a second biasing member biasing the coupling sleeve toward the proximal end of the male connector;
• at least one retaining member, each of which being respectively positioned in a respective pocket of the self-locking mechanism body and being capable of radial movement, the retaining member being configured to interact with the annular slide block and the coupling sleeve;
• wherein in an unmated state, the first biasing member forces the annular slide block to engage the retaining member, and the coupling sleeve is in a first position relative to the self-locking mechanism body;
• and wherein in a mated state, the female connector forces the annular slide block away from the retaining member, and the second biasing member forces the coupling sleeve against the retaining member and forces the coupling sleeve to be in a second position relative to the outer conductor body, and the second position is closer to the proximal end of the male connector than the first position.

A ganged coaxial connector assembly, comprising:

• a male connector comprising:
• a male connector body;
• and
• a plurality of unit male connectors arranged in the male connector body, wherein a proximal end of each unit male connector is substantially flush with a proximal end of the male connector body, and wherein each unit male connector includes an inner contact, an outer contact and a dielectric spacer;
• a female connector comprising:
• a female connector body;
• and
• a plurality of unit female connectors arranged in the female connector body, wherein the number of the unit female connectors is the same as that of the unit male connectors, and each unit female connector corresponds to each unit male connector when the male connector and female connector are mated, and wherein each unit female connector includes an inner contact, an outer contact and a dielectric spacer;
• wherein the female connector body includes an external thread that enables the female connector body to threadly receive a coupling nut to secure the mating of the female connector body with the male connector body;
• and
• wherein the female connector body feature includes an external feature that enables the female connector body to receive a push-pull self-locking mechanism to secure the mating of the female connector body with the male connector body.