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US 12,633,702 B2Granted
Contact assembly for an electrical pass-through
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsChao Fang, Jianwei Guo
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Abstract
A contact assembly includes a ferrule and a shield contact. The ferrule has a cable contact that is adapted to be connected to a shield of a coaxial cable. The shield contact has a plurality of contact arms that are adapted to engage an enclosure. The shield contact also has a ring portion that extends inside a portion of the ferrule. The contact assembly includes a plurality of retaining features that provide a press-fit between the ferrule and the shield contact.
Claims20
A contact assembly, comprising:
- a ferrule comprising a cable contact located around a cable axis, the cable contact is adapted to be connected to a shield of a coaxial cable, wherein the ferrule comprises a contact sleeve attached to the cable contact, and wherein the contact sleeve extends farther from the cable axis than the cable contact;
- a shield contact attached to the ferrule, the shield contact including a plurality of contact arms that are adapted to engage an enclosure, and a ring portion that extends inside a portion of the ferrule;
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- a plurality of retaining features that provide a press-fit between the ferrule and the shield contact.
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A contact assembly, comprising:
- a ferrule defining a cable axis including an axially-extending cable contact with a substantially cylindrical shape that is adapted to be connected to a shield of a coaxial cable, an axially-extending retainer sleeve attached to the axially-extending cable contact that is farther from the cable axis than the axially-extending cable contact, an axially-extending contact sleeve attached to the axially-extending retainer sleeve that is farther from the cable axis than the retainer sleeve, and a retainer flange that extends radially from the axially-extending contact sleeve;
- a shield contact including a ring portion that is located in the axially-extending contact sleeve, a plurality of retaining features that provide a press-fit between the ring portion and the axially-extending contact sleeve, a contact flange that extends radially from the ring portion and is located adjacent to the retainer flange, and a plurality of contact arms that extend generally axially from the contact flange;
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- a retainer including a retainer base that is located in the axially-extending retainer sleeve, a retainer lock that is located in the axially-extending retainer sleeve and engages the axially-extending retainer sleeve to retain the retainer in place relative to the ferrule, a retainer flange that extends radially from the axially-extending retainer sleeve adjacent to the contact flange, and retainer guards that extend from the retainer flange between adjacent ones of the plurality of contact arms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.