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US 7,070,457 B2Granted
Telecommunications connector
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorShari K. Kluempke
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a connector having a connector body. A housing mounts over the connector body. The housing is adapted for securing the connector to another element such as a piece of telecommunications equipment.
Claims26
A connector comprising:
- a connector body including a co-axial connector sleeve, a center conductor electrically isolated from the connector sleeve by a spacer and a housing mount that projects outwardly from the connector sleeve;
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- a housing that mounts over the housing mount of the connector body, the housing mount including structure for preventing the housing from rotating relative to the connector body, the housing mount also including structure for preventing the housing from moving axially relative to the connector body, the housing mount including a projection that is received within a complementary shaped interior recess defined by the housing, the projection comprising a flange, wherein the flange defines a key notch for receiving a key member of the housing, the housing including at least one flexible cantilever arm with a base end and a free end, the free end of the cantilever arm including a tab that protrudes outwardly from the housing for latching the connector within an opening defined by a piece of telecommunications equipment by a snap-fit connection.
A connector comprising:
- a connector body including a co-axial connector sleeve, a center conductor electrically isolated from the connector sleeve by a spacer and a housing mount that projects outwardly from the connector sleeve;
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- a multi-piece housing that mounts over the housing mount of the connector body such that the housing mount is captured between separate pieces of the housing, the housing mount including a projection that is received within a complementary shaped interior recess defined by the housing, the projection comprising a flange having at least one flat surface, wherein the flange is generally square and wherein the flange defines a key notch for receiving a key member of the housing, the housing including at least one flexible cantilever arm with a base end and a free end, the free end of the cantilever arm including a tab that protrudes outwardly from the housing for latching the connector within an opening defined by a piece of telecommunications equipment by a snap-fit connection.
A connector comprising:
- a connector body including a co-axial connector sleeve, a center conductor electrically isolated from the connector sleeve by a spacer, a crimp-supporting sleeve co-axially aligned with the connector sleeve and a housing mount that projects outwardly from the connector sleeve, the housing mount being located between the connector sleeve and the crimp-supporting sleeve;
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- a two-piece housing that mounts over the housing mount of the connector body, the two-piece housing including two housing pieces secured together by a snap-fit connection, the housing mount including a projection that is received within a complementary shaped interior recess defined by the housing, the projection comprising a flange, wherein the flange defines a key notch for receiving a key member of the housing, the housing including at least one flexible cantilever arm with a base end and a free end, the free end of the cantilever arm including a tab that protrudes outwardly from the housing for latching the connector within an opening defined by a piece of telecommunications equipment by a snap-fit connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.