Back to results
US 5,183,409 AGranted
Hermaphroditic multiple contact connector
OwnerEric Clever, Ray Lyonsinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
OwnerEric Clever, Ray Lyonsinventors
Estimating the term…
An hermaphroditic connection comprising two identical mating connectors. Each connector has at least one axially extending finger and at least one space. The spaces and fingers are sized and configured so that a finger of one connector is firmly insertable into the space of the other connector. For electrical connections, each connector may be provided with one or more conductors. The conductors may be simple conductors or co-axial conductors. Each conductor is split equally longitudinally along the length of the finger through which is passes. When a connector is mated with another connector to make a connection with a wiping insertion action, the split conductors are mated along a relatively large interface area. Electrical connections having very good resistance and impedance characteristics and very good connection and disconnection physical characteristics are attained.
An electrical connection comprising a pair of identical hermaphroditic connectors, each said connector comprising a shell, a wiring face, at least two fingers, a space between said fingers, a said finger on one connector fitting into a space between said fingers on said other connector, at least one insulated conductor passing axially through said connector, equal portions of each insulated conductor extending longitudinally along each of said fingers, and each conductor being exposed the axial length of said finger, and each said conductor being exposed from the insulation along the axial length of each of said fingers to form an area for mating with the other connector of said pair and each said conductor being only partially circumferentially exposed from said insulation along the axial length of each of said fingers.
An electrical connection comprising a pair of identical hermaphroditic connectors, each said connector comprising a shell, a wiring face, at least one finger, at least one insulated conductor passing axially through said connector, equal portions of each insulated conductor extending longitudinally along each of said fingers, each conductor being exposed the axial length of each said finger wherein each said connector has at least two axially extended fingers, each finger being separated from an opposed finger by a slot wherein each said finger has a tip remote from said wiring face and each said finger terminates in a bottom, and said slot terminates in a stop before reaching said bottom, wherein said connector is a co-axial connector, and said shell is made of conducting material, and one of said conductors is a central core.
An electrical connection comprising a pair of identical hermaphroditic connectors, each said connector comprising a shell, a wiring face, at least one finger, at least one insulated conductor passing axially through said connector, equal portions of each insulated conductor extending longitudinally along each of said fingers, each conductor being exposed the axial length of said finger wherein each of said connectors contains a plurality of co-axial conductors, each said conductor being radially surrounded by an insulating layer, said shell being made of conducting material, and each said conductor comprises an alternating sequence of linearly spaced fingers and spaces to form a comb-like appearance, and each said co-axial conductor and its associated insulating layer is longitudinally equally split with one half of said conductor being along the length of each said finger and one half of each said conductor terminating at the bottom of the space between adjacent fingers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.