Amphenol Corporation

Leonard A Krantz, Jr

Lloyd G Ratchford

Joseph D Magnan

An interconnect device and electrical signal filtering connector is disclosed that does not require soldering. The interconnect device is an electrical contact that has a proximate or forward end with a cavity for receiving an electrical conductor of a first plug, and a distal or rear end, also called a tail, formed with a circumferentially-arranged undercut that engages the ends of one or more electrically conducting flanges that extend radially inward in a contact receptacle of a printed circuit board. The connector can be a male plug or female receptacle, including a receptacle with front and rear shells and an insert slidably engaged inside the shells, the receptacle adaptable for receiving a round, 14-conductor plug. The printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board with one or more contact receptacles.

Circuit board and socket assembly

A triax cable contact provides improved high frequency performance by terminating the outer screen of the cable to an outer contact arranged to engage a ground clip in the connector and thereby ground the outer screen to the shell of the connector rather than directly to a corresponding outer contact of a mating triax contact. This permits the distance between the inner and intermediate contacts to be increased without increasing the outer diameter of the contact.

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Girard, PA, United States of America

Leonard A Krantz, Jr