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US 9,755,377 B2Granted
Connector
AssigneeAstrium GmbH
InventorsMark Anthony Kunes, Paul Thomas McMahon
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Abstract
A connector includes an outer connection element and an inner connection element. One of the outer connection element and inner connection element includes a plurality of fingers extending at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the connector.
Claims23
A connector comprising:
- an outer connection element;
- and
- an inner connection element;
- wherein one of the outer connection element and the inner connection element comprises a plurality of fingers extending at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the connector, the plurality of fingers being formed and subjected to heat treating while deformed at the angle, wherein the heat treatment of the deformed fingers is such that the deformation of the fingers is made permanent and the fingers are permanently deformed to extend at the angle to the longitudinal axis;
- and
- wherein contacting areas of the inner connection element and/or outer connection element are configured to exert a pressure such that, when applied on a co-operating connector, a level of 5th order passive intermodulation will be produced by the connector which is less than −145 dBm at frequencies between 1 and 2 GHz for two 50 W carriers.
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A method of manufacturing a connector comprising:
- forming an outer connection element or inner connection element having fingers;
- deforming the fingers to extend at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the connector;
- and
- heat treating the connection element while the fingers are deformed at the angle to the longitudinal axis, wherein the heat treatment of the deformed fingers is such that the deformation of the fingers is made permanent and the fingers are permanently deformed to extend at the angle to the longitudinal axis;
- wherein heat treating the connection element includes heat treating the connection element for at least 2 hours at a temperature between 330° C. and 340° C.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.