(19)
(11) EP 0 090 538 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.11.1985 Bulletin 1985/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.10.1983 Bulletin 1983/40

(21) Application number: 83301400

(22) Date of filing: 15.03.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 31.03.1982 US 364101

(71) Applicant: AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation)
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(72) Inventors:
  • Forney, Edgar Wilmot, Jr.
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  • Ringley, Donald Bruce
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(54) Right angle coaxial connector


(57) A right angle coaxial connector comprises a metal body member (28) having a dielectric member (20) secured along a passageway (26) extending through the body member (28). A center contact member (12) is secured in the dielectric member (20) and includes a contact section (14) and a U-shaped ferrule section (16); the contact section (14) is adapted to nest in a contact-receiving die (66) of a crimping tool (60) and the ferrule section (16) is in alignment with an open end of the body member (28) permitting access by a crimping die (70) of the crimping tool (60) to crimp the U-shaped ferrule section (16) onto a center conductor (54) of a coaxial cable (50) while simultaneously crimping a crimping ferrule (56) of an outer conductor (48) of the coaxial cable (50) onto a tubular member (44) at right angles to the body member (28) and in alignment with the ferrule section (16).






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