# US 2009/0269984 A1 · EMI filtering coaxial power connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2009/0269984 A1 - Document ID: US20090269984A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/150,286 - Filed: 2008-04-28 - Published: 2009-10-29 - Earliest claimed: 2008-04-28 - Assignees: Electroline Equipment Inc. - Inventors: Gilbert Pesant - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090269984A1 ## CPC - H01R 24/50: mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board] - H01R 24/44: comprising impedance matching means - H01R 2103/00: Two poles - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract An EMI filtering coaxial power connector that is comprised of an open ended conductive outer shell, a conductive member, an interior dielectric support that holds the conductive member, EMI filtering component, and a closure member (“CM”.); in which the interior dielectric support is held within the conductive outer shell and the conductive member is held within the interior dielectric support, and in which the CM has an inner conductive area with a central and an inner non-conductive area outward of the inner conductive area, which inner non-conductive area has an outer conductive area outward of it, which outer conductive area has an outer non-conductive area outward of it, and in which the outer perimeter of the CM fits within the output end of the conductive outer shell such that the output end of the conductive member is through the central opening in the CM and the outer conductive area of the CM is conductively connected to the conductive outer shell, and the CM's inner conductive area is conductively connected to the conductive member, and the EMI filtering component is conductively connected between the inner and outer conductive areas of the CM. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices, comprised of: (a) a conductive outer shell that has a first open end and a second open end, and that has a continuous inner cavity between its two open ends; (b) a dielectric support that has a first open end and a second open end and that has a continuous inner cavity between its two open ends, which dielectric support is comprised of: (i) a dielectric support body that has a first open end and a second open end, which second open end is the second open end of the dielectric support, and which dielectric support body has a continuous interior cavity between its two open ends; and (ii) a complimentary dielectric support cap that has a first open end, which first open end is the first open end of the dielectric support, and which dielectric support cap has a second open end, and which dielectric support cap has a continuous interior cavity between its two open ends; (c) wherein said dielectric support fits within the continuous inner cavity of the conductive outer shell such that the first open end of the dielectric support cap communicates with the first open end of the conductive outer shell and the second open end of the dielectric support body communicates With the second open end of the conductive outer shell; (d) a conductive means that has a first end and a second end, which conductive means is placed within the continuous interior cavity of the dielectric support such that after the dielectric support has been placed in the continuous inner cavity of the conductive outer shell the first end of the conductive means is proximate the first end of the conductive outer shell and the second end of the conductive means is proximate the second end of the conductive outer shell; (e) a filter PCB that has a non-conductive exterior wall, defined by a non-conductive circumferential material, and which filter PCB has a first conductive area that is interior of and adjacent to the non-conductive circumferential material, and which filter PCB has an interior non-conductive area that is interior of and adjacent to the first conductive area, and which filter PCB has a second conductive area which is interior of and adjacent to the interior non-conductive area, wherein the interior non-conductive area separates and electrically isolates the first conductive area from the second conductive area, and wherein the second conductive area has a central opening which the second end of the conductive means fits through; (f) wherein the filter PCB's non-conductive exterior wall fits within and is placed within the second open end of the conductive outer shell; (g) wherein after the second end of the conductive means has been placed through the central opening in the second conductive area of the filter PCB a conductive connection is made between the second conductive area of the filter PCB and the second end of the conductive means; (h) wherein after the filter PCB's non-conductive exterior wall has been placed within the second open end of the conductive outer shell a conductive connection is made between the filter PCB's first conductive area and the conductive outer shell; and (i) an EMI filtering means, which is conductively connected between the first conductive area of the filter PCB and the second conductive area of the filter PCB. ### Claim 3 (canceled) ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2, in which the conductive means is comprised of a female contact end and a center conductor pin; wherein the center conductor pin is the second end of the conductive means. ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2, in which the conductive means is comprised of a center conductor. ### Claim 7 (canceled) ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2; wherein the first conductive area of the filter PCB is a ground plane and the second conductive area of the filter PCB is a center pad. ### Claim 9 (canceled) ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2; wherein the conductive connection between the second conductive area of the filter PCB and the second end of the conductive means is gap free; and wherein the conductive connection between the filter PCB's first conductive area and the conductive outer shell is gap free. ### Claim 11 (canceled) ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2; wherein the EMI filtering means that is conductively connected between the first conductive area of the filter PCB and the second conductive area of the filter PCB is comprised of at least one capacitor. ### Claim 13 (canceled) ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2; wherein the conductive connection between the second conductive area of the filter PCB and the second end of the conductive means is gap free; and wherein the conductive connection between the filter PCB's first conductive area and the conductive outer shell is gap free; and wherein the EMI filtering means that is conductively connected between the first conductive area of the filter PCB and the second conductive area of the filter PCB is comprised of at least one capacitor. ### Claim 15 (canceled) ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2; which is also comprised of an environmental sealing means around a portion of the perimeter of the conductive outer shell that will provide an environmental seal between the conductive outer shell and the housing of the electronic device in which the EMI filtering coaxial power connector is used; and wherein the EMI filtering means that is conductively connected between the first conductive area of the filter PCB and the second conductive area of the filter PCB is comprised of at least one capacitor. ### Claim 17 (canceled) ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2; in which the conductive means is comprised of a center conductor; and wherein the conductive connection between the second conductive area of the filter PCB and the second end of the conductive means is gap free; and wherein the conductive connection between the filter PCB's first conductive area and the conductive outer shell is gap free; and wherein the EMI filtering means that is conductively connected between the first conductive area of the filter PCB and the second conductive area of the filter PCB is comprised of at least one capacitor. ### Claim 19 (canceled) ### Claim 20 (depends on 2) An EMI filtering coaxial power connector for electronic devices as described in claim 2; which is also comprised of an environmental sealing means around a portion of the perimeter of the conductive outer shell that will provide an environmental seal between the conductive outer shell and the housing of the electronic device in which the EMI filtering coaxial power connector is used; and in which the conductive means is comprised of a center conductor; and wherein the conductive connection between the second conductive area of the filter PCB and the second end of the conductive means is gap free; and wherein the conductive connection between the filter PCB's first conductive area and the conductive outer shell is gap free; and wherein the EMI filtering means that is conductively connected between the first conductive area of the filter PCB and the second conductive area of the filter PCB is comprised of at least one capacitor.