Miniature BNC connector
AssigneeTrompeter Electronics, Inc.
InventorsWayne Zahlit, Dale Reed
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Abstract
A miniature BNC connector assembly having reduced dimensions includes a plug-side connector configured for engagement with a jack-side connector to form an electrical connection. The plug-side connector includes a plug-side connector body and a bayonet sleeve rotatably connected to the connector body. The bayonet sleeve has an outer diameter not greater than approximately half an inch.
Claims31
A coaxial plug-side connector having an average impedance of approximately 75 Ohms, comprising:
- a plug-side connector body;
- a bayonet sleeve having an outer diameter not greater than approximately 0.5 inches and rotatably connected to said connector body, said sleeve having two slots therein for engagement with corresponding lugs on a jack-side connector;
- a plug-side conductor disposed within a lumen of said plug-side connector body, said plug-side conductor being configured for mating with a jack-side conductor of said jack-side connector;
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- a plug-side connector insulator electrically isolating said plug-side conductor from said plug-side connector body.
A jack-side connector configured for engagement with a plug-side connector to form an electrical connection and having an impedance of approximately 75 ohms, comprising:
- a jack-side connector body having an outer diameter between approximately 0.285 inches and approximately 0.305 inches, and having two lugs disposed on a peripheral surface thereof, said lugs being positioned on said jack-side connector body approximately one hundred eighty degrees apart from one another,
- a jack-side conductor disposed within a lumen of said jack-side connector body;
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- a jack-side connector insulator electrically isolating said jack-side conductor from said jack-side connector body.
A mating connector pair having an average impedance of approximately 75 ohms, comprising:
- (a) a jack-side connector comprising,
- a jack-side connector body having an outer diameter between approximately 0.285 inches and approximately 0.305 inches, and having two lugs disposed on a peripheral surface thereof, said lugs being positioned on said jack-side connector body approximately one hundred eighty degrees apart from one another,
- a jack-side conductor disposed within a lumen of said jack-side connector body, and
- a jack-side connector insulator electrically isolating said jack-side conductor from said jack-side connector body;
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- (b) a plug-side connector comprising,
- a plug-side connector body,
- a bayonet sleeve having an outer diameter not greater than approximately 0.5 inches and rotatably connected to said plug-side connector body, said bayonet sleeve having two slots therein for engagement with corresponding lugs on the jack-side connector,
- a plug-side conductor disposed within a lumen of said plug-side connector body, said plug-side conductor being configured for mating with said jack-side conductor of said jack-side connector, and
- a plug-side connector insulator electrically isolating said plug-side conductor from said plug-side connector body.
A plug-side connector, comprising:
- a plug-side connector body;
- a bayonet sleeve having an outer diameter not greater than approximately 0.5 inches and rotatably connected to said connector body, said bayonet sleeve having at least one slot therein for engagement with at least one corresponding lug on a jack-side connector;
- a plug-side conductor disposed within a lumen of said plug-side connector body, said plug-side conductor configured to mate with a jack-side conductor of said jack-side connector;
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- a plug-side connector insulator electrically isolating said plug-side conductor from said plug-side connector body.
A jack-side connector, comprising:
- a jack-side connector body having an outer diameter between approximately 0.285 inches and approximately 0.305 inches, and having at least one lug disposed on a peripheral surface thereof,
- a jack-side conductor disposed within a lumen of said jack-side connector body;
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- a jack-side connector insulator electrically isolating said jack-side conductor from said jack-side connector body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.