Low profile RF connector and method of manufacturing the RF connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorJerry Wu
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Abstract
A low profile radio frequency (RF) connector (100) includes a first carrier (4) having a metal shell (2), a second carrier (5) having a center contact (3) with a center pin (30) and an insert molded insulative housing (6). The method for producing such a connector comprises forming metal shells and center contacts on a first and second carriers, positioning the first carrier above the second carrier with the metal shell aligned vertically a corresponding center contact, moving the first and second carriers synchronously, positioning the center pins in a center of the corresponding metal shells from bottom and then insert molding the metal shells and the center contacts with an insulative housing.
Claims1
A radio frequency (RF) connector arrangement comprising:
- a first carrier including a metal shell, the metal shell having a body and a hollow center portion defined by the body;
- a second carrier including a center contact, the center contact having a base portion and a center pin;
- the center pin of the center contact being positioned in a center of the hollow center portion of the metal shell;
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- an insulative housing being insert molded to the center contact and the metal shell;
- wherein the body of the metal shell is cylindrical having two soldering tags extending from a bottom of the cylindrical body and a connecting portion connected to the first carrier;
- wherein the center pin of the center contact extends perpendicularly from the base portion;
- wherein a plurality of recesses are defined in a bottom of the base portion of the center contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.