Molex Corporation

Kavveri Telecom Products Limited

Niallo Donal Carroll

Tom Cruise

Mathew Wilhite

Fergal Joseph Lawlor

An antenna assembly for a cellular telecommunications system has an antenna having an array () of radiating elements, for example patches, situated in front of a panel () having an electrically conductive face. An amplifier () for amplifying RFS signals received by the antenna is situated on the opposite side of the panel () from the radiating elements. The amplifier is situated at least partially within the signal shadow cast by the panel () so that the latter shields the radiating elements from the amplifier. The amplifier can thus be situated close to the antenna without adversely affecting the performance of the latter.

Antenna assembly

An electrical connector includes a dielectric body mounting a flexible leaf-type terminal which has a spring contact portion for surface engagement with a contact element of a mating connector component. The body includes a partition-like wall defining oppositely facing sides and an end face thereof. The terminal is fixed adjacent one side of the wall, and the spring contact portion of the terminal is bowed around the end face of the wall and spaced therefrom for flexingly surface engaging the contact element of the mating connector component in a given direction generally perpendicular to the end face of the wall. The terminal has a distal end at the end of the spring contact portion located in a recessed area in the other side of the wall. The distal end thereby preloads the spring contact portion and resists flexing of the spring contact portion if engaged in a direction generally toward the one side of the wall.

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Niallo Donal Carroll