Precision Interconnect, Inc.

Ludlow Company LP

Dan DeLessert

Jon Reiner Hoffman

Emad Soubh

An electrical connector has a body with a number of probes. Each probe has a spring biased pin with a contact tip, and includes a sleeve receiving the pin. Each sleeve has a first end connected to an incoming conductor, a second end connected to the body and from which the pin protrudes, and an intermediate portion suspended out of contact with the body. The sleeve may be spaced apart from adjacent sleeves, and suspended in air except at their ends. The probes may each be connected to coaxial cables, with alternating probes connected in alternating fashion to coaxial cable shields and signal conductors.

Cable terminal with air-enhanced contact pins

A cable terminal or connector has several electrical probes. Each probe has a conductive sleeve defining a bore, with a probe pin received in the bore. The probe pin has a free end contact tip extending in a first direction beyond the periphery of a circuit board supporting the sleeves, with the probe pin being biased in the first direction. The probe pin includes an electrical component near the tip. The component may be a resistor and capacitor arranged in parallel, and providing the sole electrical communication between the first and second portions. The component may be mounted between flanges on each of the first and second components, and enclosed in a sleeve connected to the flanges. The second portion with the tip is relatively short compared to other components and dimensions of the probe and connector.

Cable terminal with contact pins including electrical component

A cable assembly includes a printed circuit board having a pattern of conductive traces on a major surface of the board. The cable has a number of conductors electrically connected to the traces, and a number of elongated spring contact elements are connected to the board. Each contact element has a sleeve oriented parallel to the major surface and connected to a first pad portion of a selected trace. Each contact element has an spring pin slidably received in the sleeve and extending beyond a first peripheral edge portion of the board.

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