Offset connector with compressible conductor
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsDavid T. Winslow, Colleen Tallman, Timothy Keesey, James P. Treinen, John A. Crockett
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Abstract
A connector providing an offset interconnect has a dielectric body with first and second longitudinally opposed and laterally offset portions and an internal cavity. An offset electrically conductive path is disposed within the internal cavity. The offset electrically conductive path extends from the first portion of the dielectric body to the second portion of the dielectric body. A compressible conductor is disposed within the internal cavity in the second portion of the dielectric body.
Claims36
A connector providing an offset interconnect, comprising:
- a dielectric body with first and second longitudinally opposed and laterally offset portions and an internal cavity, said dielectric body including a plurality of projections extending laterally outward from external surfaces of each of said first and second portions, wherein the plurality of projections are arranged to engage an internal surface of a connector housing;
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- an offset electrically conductive path disposed within the internal cavity, the offset electrically conductive path extending from the first portion of the dielectric body to the second portion of the dielectric body and including a compressible conductor disposed within the internal cavity in the second portion of the dielectric body.
An assembly comprising:
- a connector with a dielectric body with first and second longitudinally opposed and laterally offset portions and an internal cavity, an offset electrically conductive path being disposed within the internal cavity and extending from the first portion of the dielectric body to the second portion of the dielectric body and including a compressible conductor disposed within the internal cavity in the second portion of the dielectric body, said dielectric body including a plurality of projections extending laterally outward from external surfaces of each of said first and second longitudinally opposed and laterally offset portions;
- a component adjacent the second portion of the body having a substantially flat mating portion in contact with and arranged substantially perpendicular to an end of the compressible conductor;
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- a connector housing having an internal surface, wherein the plurality of of projections engage the internal surface of the connector housing.
A method for connecting a mating portion of a first component with a mating portion of a second component, comprising:
- providing a connector with a dielectric body with first and second longitudinally opposed and laterally offset portions and an internal cavity, an offset electrically conductive path being disposed within the internal cavity and extending from the first portion of the dielectric body to the second portion of the dielectric body and including a compressible conductor disposed within the internal cavity in the second portion of the dielectric body, wherein a plurality of projections extend laterally from an external surface of the dielectric body;
- disposing the connector within a connector housing, the connector housing comprising an internal surface;
- engaging the plurality of projections with the internal surface of the connector housing;
- positioning a first component with a first mating portion adjacent the first portion of the dielectric body such that a first end of the electrically conductive path is in electrical contact with the first mating portion;
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- positioning a second component with a second mating portion adjacent the second portion of the body such that an end of the compressible conductor is in electrical contact with the second mating portion, wherein the second mating portion is substantially flat and arranged substantially perpendicular with the compressible conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.