US 8,986,043 B2Granted

Switch-equipped coaxial connector

AssigneeDai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.

InventorsTakeshi Hirakawa, Yoichi Hashimoto

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Abstract

With a simple configuration, plastic deformation of contacts can be prevented while avoiding increase in size, and occurrence of failure in electrical connection due to dust can be well prevented. In an elastic beam-like member of a first-side contact extending like a cantilever in an insulating housing, a bent extending part which substantially increases the span length of the elastic beam-like member is formed to be bent to have a curved shape at a root part serving as a part coupled to a fixing base part. A through hole is formed in a region including at least part of the bent extending part to ensure flexibility while enhancing elasticity of the contact, thereby preventing permanent deformation of the contact. Meanwhile, dust which has entered the equipment is caused to fall through the through hole, thereby ensuring electrical conductivity well.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A switch-equipped coaxial connector, comprising:

end parts of a pair of contacts attached in a contact insertion path formed in an insulating housing so as to be opposed to each other, the end parts of the pair of contacts being disposed so as to be in contact with each other, wherein
abutting pressing force of an opposing connector inserted through an insertion hole provided in the insulating housing is configured to move a first-side contact of the pair of the contacts in the direction of the abutting pressing force and separate the first-side contact from the other contact;
the first-side contact has a fixing base part latched with the insulating housing and has an elastic beam-like member forming a cantilever shape and integrally extending from the fixing base part;
a bent extending part forming a curved shape and extending from a part coupled to the fixing base part serving as a root part of the elastic beam-like member is formed to be bent in the elastic beam-like member of the first-side contact;
wherein a vertex part of the curved shape of the bent extending part is disposed so as to be close to or in contact with an inner wall surface of the contact insertion path;
and,
in the elastic beam-like member, a through hole is formed in a region including at least part of the bent extending part.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/751,892Filed 28 Jan 2013
Priority: JP 2012-03802223 Feb 2012
Published: US 2013/0224992 A129 Aug 2013
Granted: 24 Mar 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H01R 9/05
Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable , e.g. tapping connections: for coaxial cables
H01R 24/46
Comprising impedance matching means or electrical components, e.g. filters or switches: comprising switches
H01R 24/50
Specially adapted for high frequency: mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board]
H01R 13/7033
Shorting, shunting or bussing of different terminals interrupted or effected on engagement of coupling part, e.g. for ESD protection, line…