Probe
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiyoto ARAKI, Jun TODA
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Abstract
A probe is connected to a signal conductor of a signal cable when used, and is capable of coming into contact with a signal conductor of a mating receptacle. The probe includes a barrel that is a tubular conductor and that is electrically connectable to the signal conductor of the signal cable; a plunger that is a conductor and has a proximal end disposed in the barrel and a distal end projecting from the barrel and is configured to come into contact with the mating receptacle; and a coil spring disposed in the barrel. The coil spring urges the proximal end of the plunger in a direction toward the distal end of the plunger. The barrel includes a contact portion that is in contact with the plunger at a position closer to a distal end of the barrel than the proximal end of the plunger.
Claims20
A probe that is connected to a signal conductor of a signal cable when used and that is capable of coming into contact with a signal conductor of a mating receptacle, the probe comprising:
- a barrel that is a tubular conductor and that is electrically connectable to the signal conductor of the signal cable;
- a plunger that is a conductor, the plunger having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being disposed in the barrel, the distal end projecting from the barrel and being configured to come into contact with the mating receptacle;
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- an elastic body disposed in the barrel, the elastic body being configured to urge the proximal end of the plunger in a direction toward the distal end of the plunger,
- wherein the barrel includes a contact portion that is in contact with the plunger at a position closer to a distal end of the barrel than the proximal end of the plunger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.