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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Stephen A. Boyle, Attleboro, MA (US);
John C. Bergeron, Attleboro, MA (US);
Rika Electronics International, Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A double-ended, coaxial contact assembly has a center probe rod ( ) mounted in the bore of a dielectric center spacer bushing ( ) and mounts a probe contact assembly on each end of the center probe rod. The center probe rod is received in a ground sleeve ( ) with the probe contact assemblies maintained in coaxial relationship with the ground sleeve by a dielectric outer spacer bushing ( ). In certain embodiments a movable ground plunger ( ) is slidably received in each end of the ground sleeves and biased outwardly by respective ground plunger coil springs ( ). In one such embodiment the center spacer bushing ( ′) is provided with an axially extending sleeve disposed between the respective probe contact assembly and the ground sleeve.