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(11) EP 0 516 028 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.07.1993 Bulletin 1993/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.12.1992 Bulletin 1992/49

(21) Application number: 92108811.8

(22) Date of filing: 26.05.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 13/58
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB NL

(30) Priority: 28.05.1991 US 706161

(71) Applicant: WOVEN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Greenville, S.C. 29601 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Beck, Herbert C.
    Simpsonville, South Carolina 29681 (US)
  • DeYoung, Clifford L.
    Woodruff, South Carolina 29338 (US)
  • Shasteen, Sam S.
    Greenville, South Carolina 29609 (US)

(74) Representative: Neubauer, Hans-Jürgen, Dipl.-Phys. 
Neubauer & Ott, Fauststrasse 30
85051 Ingolstadt
85051 Ingolstadt (DE)


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    (54) Coax connector assembly


    (57) A coax retention comb adapted to be fittingly engaged within an interior area of a back shell of a coax assembly. The comb includes a plurality of slots formed across its top and bottom surfaces, the slots are vertically offset from each other and are tapered inwardly from rear to front which are adapted to receive an insulated coaxial wire. The coaxial wire has a diameter slightly larger that the inward tapered end of the slots so that the tapered ends are expanded where the wires are inserted therein. The interior area of the back shell is of a size which forces the comb back into its original configuration when the comb is fitted therein. This causes the inwardly tapered ends of the slots to bite into the insulation of the wires which fixedly position the wires relative to the comb.






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