A receptacle connector for connecting to a plug connector, the receptacle connector comprising:na housing including a plurality of fins;at least one electrically conductive terminal at least partly situated in said housing and defining a mating axis and a mating direction;a plurality of cantilevered locking beams arranged in said housing;a slider slidingly coupled to said housing and including a plurality of blocking beams extending in the mating direction; anda compressive member arranged to urge said slider outward away from said housing in the mating direction,wherein said fins are situated to engage with said blocking beams during an initial stage of relative movement between said housing and said slider against a bias of said compressive member and allow inward deflection of said locking beams, andwherein said blocking beams are configured to prevent inward deflection of said locking beams after a final stage of the relative movement between said housing and said slider, and the receptacle connector has an electrically interconnected state only when in the final stage.
›2.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said at least one terminal is a pin-receiving terminal.d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said at least one terminal is a pin-receiving terminal.
›3.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said cantilevered locking beams extend as latches in the mating direction.d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said cantilevered locking beams extend as latches in the mating direction.
›4.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said locking beams are sized so as to extend past a bulkhead surface of the plug connector and shaped so …d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said locking beams are sized so as to extend past a bulkhead surface of the plug connector and shaped so as to latchingly engage with a plurality of undercut sites when the receptacle connector is mated with the plug connector.
›5.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein each blocking beam terminates at a respective end as a styloid having an end face perpendicular to said m…d2+3
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein each blocking beam terminates at a respective end as a styloid having an end face perpendicular to said mating direction, said styloid being radially inward of a respective one of said locking beams, and wherein a distance from the mating axis to the styloid of each of said blocking beams is less than a distance from the mating axis to the respective one of said locking beams interacting with each of said blocking beams.
›6.↳ 5The receptacle connector of claim 5, wherein each of said fins of said housing is configured to engage a respective one of said styloids at the initia…d3
The receptacle connector of claim 5, wherein each of said fins of said housing is configured to engage a respective one of said styloids at the initial stage of relative movement between said housing and said slider.
›7.↳ 5The receptacle connector of claim 5, wherein at least one of said locking beams comprises a pair of spaced apart cantilever sections, said cantilever …d3+1
The receptacle connector of claim 5, wherein at least one of said locking beams comprises a pair of spaced apart cantilever sections, said cantilever sections having tips and being bridged at said tips by a unitary latching feature.
›8.↳ 7The receptacle connector of claim 7, wherein at least one of said blocking beams is arranged to operate in between said pair of cantilever sections of…d4
The receptacle connector of claim 7, wherein at least one of said blocking beams is arranged to operate in between said pair of cantilever sections of said at least one locking beam.
›9.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing includes at least one protuberance adapted to house said at least one terminal, a respective…d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing includes at least one protuberance adapted to house said at least one terminal, a respective one of said fins being arranged on an outer surface of said at least one protuberance.
›10.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing extends radially from the mating axis.d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing extends radially from the mating axis.
›11.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing extends axially along said mating axis in a direction opposite that of the mating direction.d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing extends axially along said mating axis in a direction opposite that of the mating direction.
›12.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said compressive member comprises a helical spring.d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said compressive member comprises a helical spring.
›13.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said compressive member has a compressive modulus allowing manual actuation such that movement of said sl…d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said compressive member has a compressive modulus allowing manual actuation such that movement of said slider in a direction along the mating axis clears said blocking beams from interfering with inward deflection of said locking beams.
›14.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said compressive member is configured to exert a reaction force while at the initial stage that is at lea…d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said compressive member is configured to exert a reaction force while at the initial stage that is at least 5% greater than a reaction force exerted while residing in the final stage.
›15.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said compressive member is configured such that during the initial stage of relative movement, said compr…d2+1
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said compressive member is configured such that during the initial stage of relative movement, said compressive member is sufficiently compressed both to exert an outward force urging said housing away from the plug connector and to maintain a displaced position of said housing distinct from a position of an electrically mated state with the plug connector.
›16.↳ 15The receptacle connector of claim 15, wherein said housing is configured such that in the displaced position of said housing, said housing is visually…d3
The receptacle connector of claim 15, wherein said housing is configured such that in the displaced position of said housing, said housing is visually distinct from a position in which said housing is electrically connected to the plug connector.
›17.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:na body including a latching stub; anda cover including a complementary lumina whi…d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:na body including a latching stub; anda cover including a complementary lumina which snappingly engages onto said stub,said slider, said compressive member and said at least one terminal being housed in an enclosure defined by said body and said cover.
›18.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:na body including a latching stub; anda cover including a complementary latch whic…d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:na body including a latching stub; anda cover including a complementary latch which snappingly engages onto said stub,said slider, said compressive member and said at least one terminal being housed in an enclosure defined by said body and said cover.
›19.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:na latching stub;a first cover including a complementary latch which snappingly en…d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:na latching stub;a first cover including a complementary latch which snappingly engages onto said stub, and an alignment strake; anda second cover including an alignment groove complementary to said alignment strake of said first cover, and a latching stub snappingly received within said first cover while said groove of said second cover is slidingly coupled to said strake of said first cover,said slider, said compressive member, and said at least one terminal being housing in an enclosure defined by said first cover and said second cover.
›20.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:na latching stub;a first cover including a complementary latch which snappingly en…d2
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:na latching stub;a first cover including a complementary latch which snappingly engages onto said stub, and an alignment groove;a second cover including an alignment strake complementary to said alignment groove of said first cover, and a latching stub,said stub of said second cover being snappingly received within said first cover while said strake of said second cover is slidingly coupled to said groove of said first cover,said slider, said compressive member, and said at least one terminal being housing in an enclosure defined by said first cover and said second cover.
›21.↳ 1The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said at least one electrically conductive terminal consists of a single electrically conductive terminal.d2+1
The receptacle connector of claim 1, wherein said at least one electrically conductive terminal consists of a single electrically conductive terminal.
›22.↳ 21The receptacle connector of claim 21, wherein said single electrically conductive terminal is configured to electrically connected to a center conduct…d3
The receptacle connector of claim 21, wherein said single electrically conductive terminal is configured to electrically connected to a center conductor of a coaxial cable, further comprising a compliant contact arranged at least partly in said housing and configured to electrically engage with a shield of the coaxial cable.
