Rf connectors with dispensable and formable insulative materials and related methods
AssigneeCorning Optical Communications RF LLC
InventorsTerry George Collins, Charlotte Diane Milia, Casey Roy Stein
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Abstract
A method for making an RF connector having an outer conductor and an inner conductor includes the steps of plating the outer conductor and the inner conductor of the RF connector with at least one corrosion-resistant metallic material; dispensing and/or injecting a material comprising an epoxy phenol novolac based resin. in a volume between the outer conductor and the inner conductor of the connector; heating the RF connector with the injected material to a temperature between about 150° C. to about 380° C. in a substantially dry nitrogen-based environment; and allowing the RF connector to cool.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing an RF connector having an outer conductor and an inner conductor, the method comprising:
- plating the outer conductor and the inner conductor of the RF connector with a corrosion-resistant metallic material;
- positioning the inner conductor and the outer conductor such that a volume is formed between the inner conductor and the outer conductor;
- dispensing a material comprising an epoxy phenol novolac based resin in the volume between the outer conductor and the inner conductor;
- heating the RF connector with the dispensed material to a temperature between about 150° C. to about 380° C.;
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- allowing the RF connector to cool.
A method of manufacturing a connector having an outer conductor and an inner conductor, comprising:
- plating the outer conductor and the inner conductor of the connector with a corrosion-resistant metallic material;
- positioning the inner conductor and the outer conductor such that a volume is formed between the inner conductor and the outer conductor;
- injecting a material comprising an epoxy phenol novolac based resin into the volume formed between the outer conductor and the inner conductor, wherein defined in the outer conductor is at least one retention element;
- substantially filling the at least one retention element with the epoxy phenol novolac based resin during injection of the material;
- allowing air bubbles to escape from the outer conductor after the material is injected into the volume and the material is substantially filled into the at least one retention element;
- heating the connector with the injected material to a temperature between about 150° C. to about 380° C.;
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- allowing the connector to cool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.