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US 2011/0217871 A1Published application
Modular interconnect apparatus
AssigneeWinchester Electronics Corporation
InventorsJohn E. BENHAM, David J. CAMELIO
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Abstract
The present application provides a modular interconnect apparatus. In one embodiment, the interconnect apparatus includes a frame; and a plurality of coaxial modules connected to the frame, wherein each of the plurality of coaxial modules comprises: a signal contact having a middle portion, a first end and a second end; a first ring shaped ground contact surrounding the first end of the signal contact, wherein the first end of the signal contact is coaxial with the first ring shaped ground contact; a second ring shaped ground contact surrounding the second end of the signal contact, wherein the second end of the signal contact is coaxial with the second ring shaped ground contact; and a housing that houses at least a portion of signal contact and ground contacts.
Claims20
An interconnect, comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a coaxial module connected directly to the frame, wherein the coaxial module comprises:
- a unitary signal contact having a middle portion, a first end and a second end;
- a first ground contact surrounding the first end of the signal contact, wherein the first end of the signal contact is coaxial with the first ground contact;
- a second ground contact surrounding the second end of the signal contact, wherein the second end of the signal contact is coaxial with the second ground contact;
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- a housing, wherein the middle portion of the signal contact is disposed within the housing, the first end of the signal contact extends beyond the housing, the second end of the signal contact extends beyond the housing, the first ground contact has a first end disposed within the housing and a second end that extends beyond the housing and surrounds the first end of the signal contact, and the second ground contact has a first end disposed within the housing and a second end that extends beyond the housing and surrounds the second end of the signal contact.
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A coaxial module, comprising:
- a housing comprising a main body and a cover that is connected to the main body;
- a first curved channel and a second curved channel formed in the main body of the housing and extending from a first side of the main body to a second side of the main body, wherein the first channel and the second channel share a common wall that separates the two channels from each other;
- a first curved unitary signal contact having a first end, a second end and a middle portion between the first end and the second end, wherein the middle portion is located in the first channel, the first end of the first signal contact extends beyond the first side of the main body, and the second end of the first signal contact extends beyond the second side of the main body;
- a second curved unitary signal contact having a first end, a second end and a middle portion between the first end and the second end, wherein the middle portion is located in the second channel, the first end of the second signal contact extends beyond the first side of the main body, and the second end of the second signal contact extends beyond the second side of the main body;
- a first hollow, cylindrical ground contact having a first end disposed within the first channel and a second end that extends beyond the first side of the main body and surrounds the first end of the first signal contact;
- a second hollow, cylindrical ground contact having a first end disposed within the first channel and a second end that extends beyond the second side of the main body and surrounds the second end of the first signal contact;
- a third hollow, cylindrical ground contact having a first end disposed within the second channel and a second end that extends beyond the first side of the main body and surrounds the first end of the second signal contact;
- a fourth hollow, cylindrical ground contact having a first end disposed within the second channel and a second end that extends beyond the second side of the main body and surrounds the second end of the second signal contact;
- a first ring shaped dielectric positioner positioned in the first channel and surrounding a first portion of the first signal contact;
- a second ring shaped dielectric positioner positioned in the first channel and surrounding a second portion of the first signal contact;
- a third ring shaped dielectric positioner positioned in the second channel and surrounding a first portion of the second signal contact;
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- a fourth ring shaped dielectric positioner positioned in the second channel and surrounding a second portion of the second signal contact.
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An interconnect, comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a plurality of coaxial modules connected to the frame, wherein each of the plurality of coaxial modules comprises:
- a unitary signal contact having a middle portion, a first end and a second end;
- a first ground contact surrounding the first end of the signal contact, wherein the first end of the signal contact is coaxial with the first ground contact;
- a second ground contact surrounding the second end of the signal contact, wherein the second end of the signal contact is coaxial with the second ground contact;
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- a housing, wherein the middle portion of the signal contact is disposed within the housing, the first end of the signal contact extends beyond the housing, the second end of the signal contact extends beyond the housing, the first ground contact has a first end disposed within the housing and a second end that extends beyond the housing and surrounds the first end of the signal contact, and the second ground contact has a first end disposed within the housing and a second end that extends beyond the housing and surrounds the second end of the signal contact, wherein
- each housing includes a member that projects from a side of the housing, and
- the frame includes a plurality of holes, wherein each said hole receives one of said members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.