Radio frequency component and method of making same
AssigneeATK Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
InventorsMark K. Pryor, John E. Marks, Patrick N. Bonebright, Kenneth Neal Segal, Alan Kogut
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Abstract
An electrical component and a method of constructing it are disclosed. The component includes a hollow tubular structure. The structure includes a series of axially spaced apart rings and at least one outer perimeter housing member. The housing member interconnects the rings for defining an internal configuration of the hollow tubular structure for electrical purposes. The rings and the housing member each include inter-engageable elements for helping secure mechanically the rings and housing member together to facilitate final assembly of the electrical component.
Claims22
An electrical component, comprising:
- a hollow tubular structure, including a series of axially spaced apart rings, and
- at least one outer perimeter housing member interconnecting said rings for defining an internal configuration of said hollow tubular structure for electrical purposes;
- wherein said rings and said housing member each include inter-engageable elements for helping secure mechanically said rings and housing member together to facilitate final assembly of the electrical component, said inter-engageable elements include a plurality of mortises formed on said rings and a plurality of tenons formed on said housing member.
A method of assembling an electrical component, comprising:
- a) mounting a housing member to a ring using inter-engaging means to form an assembly;
- b) adding an additional ring to said assembly using inter-engaging means;
- c) adding an additional housing member to said assembly using inter-engaging means;
- and
- d) repeating steps b) and c) until a desired assembly length is achieved.
An electrical component, comprising:
- A hollow tubular structure, including a series of axially spaced apart rings,
- at least one outer perimeter housing member interconnecting said rings for defining an internal configuration of said hollow tubular structure for electrical purposes;
- and
- one or more ribs, each rib engaging said rings for securing said housing member to said rings;
- wherein said rings and said housing member each include inter-engageable elements for helping secure mechanically said rings and housing member together to facilitate final assembly of the electrical component, said rings include appendages, said appendages having slots for inter-engaging corresponding slots on said ribs.
A method of assembling an electrical component, comprising:
- cutting out a plurality of rings, a plurality of ribs, and a plurality of housing member elements from one or more generally flat blanks, each of said rings and said ribs having an inter-engaging means;
- mounting at least one rib of the plurality of ribs to a ring of the plurality of rings to form an assembly;
- mounting one or more rings of the plurality of rings to said assembly by securing each of said one or more rings to said at least one rib using said inter-engaging means;
- deforming said housing member elements to form housing members;
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- mounting at least one housing member to external perimeters of said rings.
An electrical component, comprising:
- a hollow tubular structure comprising a plurality of ring members;
- and
- a plurality of circular band members;
- wherein:
- the ring members are spaced apart by the circular band members along a center axis of the tubular structure;
- a plurality of mortises on one of said members and a plurality of tenons on the other one of said members;
- the circular band members define an internal configuration of the hollow tubular structure, the internal configuration of the hollow tubular structure including an electrically-conductive surface, each circular band member having a pair of opposite side edges along the center axis so that each side is proximate to a ring member;
- the mortises and the tenons are inter-engaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.