Microphone connector
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
InventorHiroshi Akino
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Abstract
A connector of a microphone includes a cylindrical connector case 1 having openings at both ends and a projection 10 on an inner face thereof; two substrates 11 and 12 having shapes fittable to the inner face of the cylindrical connector case 1, the substrates 11 and 12 facing each other across the projection 10 in the cylindrical connector case 1; and a connector pin 2 extending through the substrates 11 and 12 in the cylindrical connector case 1, having a contact 21 that is electrically connected to electronic parts 16 mounted on the substrates 11 and 12, and having a caulked portion 23 fixed to one of the substrates 11 and 12 on an opposite side to the contact 21.
Claims16
A microphone connector comprising:
- a cylindrical connector case having openings at both ends and a circumferential projection on an inner face thereof;
- two substrates having shapes fittable to the inner face of the cylindrical connector case, the substrates facing each other across the circumferential projection in the cylindrical connector case;
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- a connector pin extending through the substrates in the cylindrical connector case, having a contact that is electrically connected to a microphone cable connector, and having a caulked portion fixed to one of the substrates on an opposite side to the contact and a cylindrical engaged member engaged with the caulked portion.
A method for manufacturing a microphone connector, the method comprising;
- (A) engaging two substrates with a circumferential projection provided on an inner face of a cylindrical connector case having openings at both ends, the substrates having shapes fittable to the inner face of the cylindrical connector case and facing each other across the circumferential projection;
- (B) inserting a connector pin haying a contact electrically connected to a microphone cable connector and a caulked portion on an opposite side to the contact, into through-holes provided at common positions of the substrates;
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- (C) spreading the caulked portion to fix the connector pin with the substrates;
- and engaging an engaged member around an outer circumference of the caulked portion and spreading the caulked portion in the engaged member to bite the caulked portion into the engaged member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.