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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Ronald L Hodge, Flowery Branch, GA (US);
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly for electrically coupling an external circuit to a printed circuit board comprises a printed circuit board secured to a housing. The housing has a threaded bore in one end wall and a connector having a threaded end is secured to the end wall via the bore. An electrode extending axially from the threaded end is positioned proximate an electroconductive circuit portion of the printed circuit board and solder electrically connects the electrode to the circuit portion. Fingers are circumferentially spaced about the connector proximate a second end thereof and are resiliently compressed within a cavity formed in a coupling when the connector is inserted into the coupling. An external circuit electrode axially extending within the cavity and electrically connected to the external circuit mates with a female conductor formed in the second end of the connector to complete the electrical connection between the printed circuit board and the external circuit.