The Whitaker Corporation

Mark Swain Caviness

Michael J Tomchak

Gary D Porta

A board mountable BNC type electrical connector (10) is provided which offers enhanced performance, through direct grounding of the connector to the board and a spark gap feature that protects the connector against exposure to elevated voltages. A grounding clip (76) includes a board locking feature (84), a spark gap tab (74) that seats within the connector housing (12), and a pair of flexible arms (82) arranged to compressively hold a pair of capacitive elements (68) within the connector (10).

Decoupled BNC connector

A board mount for an electrical transformer is provided by a unitary body having a wire termination section and a boardlock. The body is mountable to a transformer bobbin with an end of a transformer wire being terminated in the wire termination section and with the boardlock extending externally of the bobbin. The transformer can be electrically and mechanically mated with a circuit board by inserting the boardlock into a hole in the circuit board.

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Harrisburg, PA, United States of America

Mark Swain Caviness