Coaxial antenna connector for mobile phone
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsDieter Bozzer, Sebastien Kempter, Blaise Rithener, Lionel Thomas
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Abstract
A mobile phone coaxial connector assembly comprises a switching coaxial connector for connection to an external antenna, and a second coaxial connector for connection to an internal antenna. The switching connector and internal antenna connector are provided with a common dielectric housing such that the connectors form a single assembly. The internal antenna connector comprises a resiliently mounted center contact having a large dome-shaped contact surface for positional tolerance absorption.
Claims13
A coaxial connector assembly for a mobile communication device, such as a phone, comprising:
- a first coaxial connector for pluggably mating with a complementary coaxial antenna connector, the first coaxial connector having a center contact that is matable with a center conductor of the complementary coaxial antenna connector;
- a second coaxial connector integrally formed with the first coaxial connector for connection to an internal antenna of the mobile communication device;
- and, a switch that is actuated by the center contact of the first connector to disconnect the internal antenna from circuitry of the mobile phone when the complementary coaxial antenna connector is mated thereto;
- the second coaxial connector having a resiliently movable center contact that is slidably mounted within a cavity of a dielectric housing portion to allow movement in an axial direction that is orthogonal to a PCB upon which the coaxial connector assembly is to be mounted where the resiliency is provided to the movable center contact of the second coaxial connector by a separate spring arm that engages the center contact of the second coaxial connector, where the spring arm is stamped and formed from sheet metal and includes a second contact leg that is a portion of the switch.
A coaxial connector assembly for a mobile phone, comprising an internal antenna coaxial connector for connection to an internal antenna, the connector having a dielectric housing portion concentrically surrounding a pin-shaped center contact slideably mounted in an axial direction within a cavity of the housing portion for absorbing positional tolerances of the antenna in the axial direction, the assembly further comprising a spring member engaging a connection end of the center contact such that a contact surface of the center contact is biased axially away from a mating face of the dielectric housing portion, wherein the contact surface has a large dome-shape having a diameter substantially greater than the portion of pin-shaped center contact positioned within the cavity of the housing portion in order to absorb tolerances in positioning an antenna in a radial direction substantially orthogonal to the axial direction.
A coaxial connector assembly for a mobile communication device, such as a phone, comprising:
- a first coaxial connector for pluggably mating with a complementary coaxial antenna connector, the first coaxial connector having a center contact that is matable with a center conductor of the complementary coaxial antenna connector;
- a second coaxial connector integrally formed with the first coaxial connector for connection to an internal antenna of the mobile communication device;
- and a switch that is actuated by the center contact of the first coaxial connector to disconnect the internal antenna from circuitry of the mobile phone when the complementary coaxial antenna connector is mated thereto, characterized in that the second coaxial connector includes an internal antenna center contact that has a large dome-shaped contact surface for abutment against the internal antenna.
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