Coaxial interconnection system
AssigneeBerg Technology, Inc.
InventorsDerek Andrews, Andrew G. Meller
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Abstract
A connector system is provided with connectors, each of which comprises at least one shielded terminal. The shielded terminal has a ground contact and at least one signal terminal. The ground contact is substantially identical for signal conductors terminating either in a female, a male, or a hermaphroditic structure. The shielded terminal also has at least one lug extending beyond the shielded terminal. The signal terminal is either provided, at one end of the shielded terminal with at least one clamping lug which can be folded around the signal conductor of an electrical cable to establish a firm electrically conductive contact therewith, or it is integrally made with the signal conductor.
Claims15
A connector having at least one shielded terminal, each said shielded terminal comprising:
- at least one signal terminal;
- a ground contact surrounding said at least one signal terminal;
- at least one lug extending from said ground contact, said lug capable of being slidably positioned over the surface of another ground contact of another shielded terminal in order to provide electrical and mechanical contact with said other ground contact, the surface of said ground contact being able to electrically and mechanically contact at least one other lug extending from said other ground contact and said at least one signal terminal being able to electrically and mechanically contact another signal terminal of said other shielded terminal, said other shielded terminal having substantially equal cross section dimensions as said at least one shielded terminal;
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- said ground contact being formed from a single electrically conducting plate and having a substantially symmetrical polygon cross section along its entire length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.