Curved Transition Surface Inner Contact and Method of Manufacture
AssigneeAndrew Corporation
InventorsRonald Alan VACCARO, John PALAC
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Abstract
An inner contact of a coaxial connector has a body with a plurality of spring fingers, the spring fingers each provided with a contact surface. A plurality of transitions from the contact surfaces are provided as curved surfaces. The curved surfaces may be formed, for example, by chamfer, electrical discharge machining or the like, such that an edge to a slot between the spring fingers does not contact the contact surface.
Claims20
An inner contact of a coaxial connector, comprising:
- a body with a plurality of spring fingers, the spring fingers each provided with a contact surface;
- a plurality of transitions from the contact surfaces provided as curved surfaces.
A method for manufacturing an inner contact of a coaxial connector, comprising the steps of:
- providing a body with an inner conductor bore at a cable end;
- machining a portion of the body surrounding the inner conductor bore to form a plurality of spring fingers;
- each of the spring fingers provided with a contact surface;
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- a plurality of transitions from the contact surface provided as curved surfaces.
A method for manufacturing an inner contact of a coaxial connector, comprising the steps of:
- providing a body with an inner conductor bore at a cable end;
- machining the body proximate the cable end to form a plurality of transitions which surround a plurality of contact surfaces;
- the transitions provided as curved surfaces;
- machining a portion of the body between the transitions to form spring fingers, each of the spring fingers with one of the contact surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.