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SHIELDING ELECTRICAL TERMINAL WITH KNURLING ON INNER CONTACT WALLS
20220352655 · 2022-11-03 ·

A shielding electrical terminal is presented herein. The shielding electrical terminal includes a securing portion that is configured to attach to an outer shield conductor of a shielded cable and a cylindrical mating portion having an inner surface configured to make electrical contact with a corresponding cylindrical shield terminal inserted within the mating portion. The inner surface of the mating portion defines a plurality of protrusions that extend from the inner surface.

FERRULE FOR A COAXIAL CABLE TERMINAL HAVING OVERLAPPING CRIMP WINGS
20230092717 · 2023-03-23 ·

A coaxial cable assembly includes a coaxial cable having a shield conductor surrounding a central conductor, a shield terminal in contact with an inner surface of the shield conductor, and a ferrule configured to secure the shield terminal to the coaxial cable. The ferrule defines first and second crimping wings. The first and second crimping wings each having an arcuate shape and are compressively connected to an outer surface of the shield conductor. A distal end of the first crimping wing overlies a distal end of the second crimping wing. A method for forming the coaxial cable assembly and a crimping tool for attaching the ferrule to the coaxial cable is also provided.

ULTRA-LOW PROFILE COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR
20230092528 · 2023-03-23 ·

An ultra-low profile coaxial cable connector (i.e. plug) is provided that implements a lateral coupling of a coaxial cable inner conductor and center pin of a mating PCB-mounted coaxial receptacle. The overall height of a mating coaxial receptacle center pin is also reduced by way of a cutout in the receptacle ground ring as well as a cutout in a mating outer shell of the coaxial cable connector. The ultra-low profile coaxial cable connector achieves a reduction in mated height of less than 1.0 mm for both 1.13 mm diameter and 0.81 mm diameter coaxial cables. In both cases, the coaxial cable connector designs as discussed herein enable a further reduction in the total thickness of communication module boards to 1.25 mm, thereby meeting the high demands for thinner electronic device designs.

Coaxial cable connector assemblies with contained adhesives and methods for using the same

A coaxial cable connector assembly includes a coupler defining an inner channel extending through the coupler and an outer conductor engagement feature extending inwardly from the inner channel, a rear body, positioned rearward of the coupler, defining a cable channel extending through the rear body, and structurally configured to receive the coaxial cable, and an adhesive reservoir positioned at least partially within the cable channel of the rear body, the adhesive reservoir including an adhesive and an adhesive reservoir breakable material that encapsulates the adhesive, where the adhesive reservoir breakable material is structurally configured to fracture upon the application of force exceeding a predetermined threshold, thereby releasing the adhesive from the adhesive reservoir to adhesively couple the coaxial cable to the rear body.

Coaxial cable connector assemblies with contained adhesives and methods for using the same

A coaxial cable connector assembly includes a coupler defining an inner channel extending through the coupler and an outer conductor engagement feature extending inwardly from the inner channel, a rear body, positioned rearward of the coupler, defining a cable channel extending through the rear body, and structurally configured to receive the coaxial cable, and an adhesive reservoir positioned at least partially within the cable channel of the rear body, the adhesive reservoir including an adhesive and an adhesive reservoir breakable material that encapsulates the adhesive, where the adhesive reservoir breakable material is structurally configured to fracture upon the application of force exceeding a predetermined threshold, thereby releasing the adhesive from the adhesive reservoir to adhesively couple the coaxial cable to the rear body.

VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH STACKED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND METALLIC CONNECTING ELEMENT
20230083130 · 2023-03-16 ·

A vehicular camera includes a front housing portion, a first circuit board having an imager, a second circuit board in board-to-board electrical connection with the first circuit board, and a rear housing portion having a connector for electrically connecting to an electrical connection of a wire harness of a vehicle. The rear housing portion when joined with the front housing portion forms a camera housing. The connector of the rear housing portion includes a multi-pin connector having at least three terminals that, with the rear housing portion joined with the front housing portion, electrically connect to respective terminals of the electrical connector at the second circuit board. The connector includes an electrically conductive metallic clamping element that engages a metallic shield element at the electrical connector at the second circuit board to establish a ground path from the connector of the rear housing portion to the second circuit board.

Inline Compresssion RF Connector
20230085352 · 2023-03-16 ·

A connector includes a housing having a bore therein. A center conductor element is positioned in the bore and includes a center conductor pin. The center conductor pin is spring-biased to move longitudinally in the housing bore for being compressed. A ground sleeve element is coaxially arranged around the center conductor element and is also spring-biased to move longitudinally in the housing bore for being compressed. The center conductor element and ground sleeve element are coupled together for moving together in the housing bore when compressed. The compressed elements maintain their same coaxial position in the housing bore with respect to each other when the connector is compressed.

GROUND STRUCTURE FOR A CABLE CARD ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
20230077720 · 2023-03-16 ·

A cable card assembly includes a circuit card having cable conductors at a cable end and cables terminated to the circuit card having signal conductors and ground shields surrounding the corresponding signal conductors to provide electrical shielding for the signal conductors. The signal conductors include exposed portions terminated to corresponding cable conductors. The cable card assembly includes a ground bus electrically connected to the ground shields. The ground bus includes a molded body having tunnels receiving the exposed portions of corresponding signal conductors. The molded body is contoured to control impedance along the exposed portions of the signal conductors.

Multi-conductor cable of reduced diameter and contact apparatus for same
11472303 · 2022-10-18 · ·

An electrical multi-conductor cable comprising a plug-in connector, in particular a line with a charging plug for electric vehicles. The cable has a central cable core, a number of conductors which are arranged concentrically in relation to one another in a ring around the cable core and are composed of individual wires, and in each case one insulation between the conductors. According to the invention, the contact apparatus has two clamping shell parts which, on the inner side thereof, have a plurality of receptacles which are radially stepped from one another. In each case one contact body is received in the receptacles of a clamping shell part and makes contact with one of the concentric conductors. Each contact body has a channel shape with a longitudinal extent and a curved cross-sectional profile around an associated conductor. A closure connects the clamping shell parts and fastens said clamping shell parts in the closed position, wherein the clamping shell parts coaxially hold the contact bodies and press each contact body against the respectively associated concentric conductor for contact-making purposes.

Partly pre-assembled cable joint
11476598 · 2022-10-18 · ·

A cable joint includes a cable joint body, a conductive connector disposed within the cable joint body and electrically connecting a first cable to a second cable, and a first conductive element electrically connecting a first shielding layer of the first cable to a second shielding layer of the second cable. The cable joint body includes a first insulating sleeve and a re-jacketing sleeve at least partly encompassing the first insulating sleeve. The re-jacketing sleeve forms a channel along a longitudinal axis of the first insulating sleeve. The first conductive element is disposed within the channel. The channel is collapsed after heat shrinking the first insulating sleeve and the re-jacketing sleeve.