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Patent
H - Electricity
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R
H01R 13/719 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2121347
A connector is described wherein some contacts include circuit components, and the contacts can be arranged in a custom pattern by the user. A first group of component contacts (e.g. 22A, Fig. 4) each includes at least one circuit component (60) mounted on the middle of a conductive element (52A), with the contact having a cylindrical conductor (64) of predetermined outside diameter (D). A second group of passive contacts include a feed through contact (22C, Fig. 6) wherein insulation (80) is disposed about the middle of a conductive element and has about the same outside diameter as the component contacts to enable the contacts to be interchanged. The connector includes a ground plane (40, Fig. 3) with holes through which each contact passes, and with fingers at the holes for engaging the outside of each contact. The ground plane can be part of a holder (14, Fig. 3) which includes forward and rearward insulators (90, 92) with one having tabs that project through slots in the ground plane and in the other insulator. An assembly can include two substantially identical connectors (132, 134, Fig. 9) in tandem, with the contacts of each connector connected in tandem with the contacts of the other connector, to provide more complicated and custom designed contact circuitry.
Connecteur dont certains contacts comprennent des composants de circuit, la configuration des contacts étant personnalisable par l'utilisateur. Un premier groupe de contacts de composants (p. ex. 22A, Fig. 4), comprenant chacun au moins un composant de circuit (60) monté au milieu d'un élément conducteur (52A), le contact étant doté d'un conducteur cylindrique (64) d'un diamètre extérieur prédéterminé (D). Un deuxième groupe de contacts passifs comprend un contact de traversée (22C, Fig. 6) dans lequel l'isolant (80) est disposé environ au milieu d'un élément conducteur et présente à peu près le même diamètre extérieur que les contacts de composants afin de permettre la permutation des contacts. Le connecteur comprend un plan de masse (40, Fig. 3) percé de trous pour le passage des contacts, des taquets près des trous permettant d'introduire l'extérieur de chaque contact. Le plan de masse peut faire partie d'un support (14, Fig. 3) doté d'isolateurs avant et arrière (90, 92) dont l'un muni de pattes qui sortent de fentes du plan de masse et de l'autre isolateur. Un montage peut comprendre deux connecteurs (132, 134, Fig. 9) essentiellement identiques en tandem, les contacts de l'un étant connectés en tandem à ceux de l'autre, afin de constituer un circuit de contact plus compliqué et personnalisé.
Itt Industries Inc.
Smart & Biggar
LandOfFree
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