Supplemental electrical connector for mating connector pair

An electrical connector assembly, comprising:

• a first connector portion;
• a housing adapted to receive the first connector portion;
• a pin block having a front end and a rear end, said pin block being mounted within said housing;
• a pogo pin assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, said pogo pin assembly having a connector pin positioned at the proximal end and a contact pin positioned at the distal end, said pogo pin assembly being mounted to said pin block so that the contact pin extends from the front end of said pin block and so that the connector pin extends from the rear end of said pin block;
• a second connector portion adapted to receive said first connector portion, said first and second connector portions comprising a mating electrical connector pair;
• a supplemental contact pad positioned adjacent said second connector portion of the mating electrical connector pair so that the contact pin makes electrical contact with the supplemental contact pad when the first connector portion of the mating electrical connector pair is engaged with the second connector portion of the mating electrical connector pair;
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• a printed wiring board attached to the first connector portion of the mating electrical connector pair, said printed wiring board having a female connector assembly mounted thereto, the female connector assembly being sized to removably engage the connector pin on said pogo pin assembly.

A push-lock connector assembly for releasably engaging a female BNC connector and for making electrical contact with a supplemental contact pad positioned adjacent the female BNC connector, comprising:

• a male BNC center terminal;
• a locking assembly associated with said male BNC center terminal, said locking assembly including,
• a housing having a central aperture therein and adapted to be mounted to said male BNC center terminal so that said male BNC center terminal is substantially aligned with the central aperture in said housing, said housing also having at least one supplemental aperture therein positioned adjacent the central aperture;
• a locking sleeve having a central aperture therein sized to receive said male BNC center terminal, said locking sleeve being adapted to be slidably received by the central aperture of said housing so that said locking sleeve can be rotated within said housing from a locked position to an unlocked position, said locking sleeve also including a locking pin engaging boss for releasably engaging a locking pin associated with the female BNC connector, wherein said locking pin engaging boss rotates said locking sleeve to the unlocked position as said push-lock connector assembly is engaged with the female BNC connector and allows the locking sleeve to be rotated to the locked position when said male BNC center terminal and the female BNC connector are fully engaged;
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• a biasing device associated with said locking sleeve for biasing said locking sleeve in the locked position;
• a pin block having a front end and a rear end, said pin block being mounted within said housing;
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• a pogo pin assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, said pogo pin assembly having a connector pin positioned at the proximal end and a contact pin positioned at the distal end, said pogo pin assembly being mounted to said pin block so that the contact pin extends from the front end of said pin block and through the supplemental aperture in said housing and so that the connector pin extends from the rear end of said pin block, so that the contact pin makes electrical contact with the supplemental contact pad when said push-lock connector assembly is engaged with the female BNC connector.

An electrical connector assembly, comprising:

• a male BNC connector portion;
• a female BNC connector portion adapted to receive said male BNC connector portion, said male and female BNC connector portions comprising a BNC electrical connector assembly for transmitting a primary electrical signal;
• a housing adapted to receive said male BNC connector portion of said BNC electrical connector assembly;
• a pin block having a front end and a rear end, said pin block being mounted within said housing;
• a pogo pin assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, said pogo pin assembly having a connector pin positioned at the proximal end and a contact pin positioned at the distal end, said pogo pin assembly being mounted to said pin block so that the contact pin extends from the front end of said pin block and so that the connector pin extends from the rear end of said pin block;
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• a supplemental contact pad positioned adjacent said female BNC connector portion of said BNC electrical connector assembly so that the contact pin makes electrical contact with the supplemental contact pad when said male BNC connector portion of said BNC electrical connector assembly is engaged with said female BNC connector portion of said BNC electrical connector assembly.