Claims
- 1. An electrical connector assembly comprising a hollow cylindrical metal shell having a forward and a rearward end portion, a dielectric insert having an array of first passages therethrough each receiving an electrical first contact, filter means for filtering signals passing through the contacts, grounding means for grounding the contacts to the shell, mounting means for mounting the grounding means and the filter means in the shell and removal means for removing the mounting means from the shell, wherein
- said filter means comprises a pair of axially spaced, removable, planar monolithic capacitors each having an active electrode for connection to the contacts and a ground electrode,
- said grounding means comprise a pair of removable metal annular grounding springs for interconnecting the ground electrodes to the shell,
- said mounting means comprises a removable, second dielectric insert having a like array of second passages extending therethrough each second passage carrying an electrical second contact for mating with a respective first contact, securing means for removably securing the second dielectric insert into the rearward end portion of the shell comprising an insert member having an outer periphery sized to interference fit in the rearward end portion of the shell, and means for aligning the second dielectric insert with the first dielectric insert so that the arrays are aligned with one another, said monolithic capacitors being removable from the rearward end portion of the shell upon removal of the insert assembly, and
- said removal means comprises an axial cutout in the rearward end portion of said shell and a radial recess in the insert member, alignment of the recess and axial cutout allowing a peg to be inserted through the cutout and into the recess whereby rearward movement of the peg will pull the second dielectric insert rearwardly.
- 2. The connector assembly as recited in claim 1 including resilient means spacing the monolithic capacitors from the dielectric inserts for absorbing shock.
- 3. The connector assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein the first contacts are nonremovably mounted in the first electric insert each including a mating forward and rearward end portion with the mating rearward end portion completing an electrical interconnection with respective second contact in the second dielectric insert.
- 4. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 3 wherein a ferrite sleeve encircles each first contact and is disposed between each monolithic capacitor.
- 5. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 4 wherein each monolithic capacitor is cylindrical and includes at least one radial notch its its outer periphery adjacent to the inner wall of the shell whereby to permit passage of a retraction tool to pull the capacitor outwardly from the shell.
- 6. In an electrical connector assembly, a dielectric insert having a plurality of first contacts each having a rearward end portion disposed interiorly of the shell, a pair of planar apertured monolithic capacitors each removably disposed in the shell with respective of its apertures receiving an electrical contact, grounding means completing an electrical path to the capacitor for grounding the contacts to the shell, resilient dielectric means for axially spacing the capacitors from one another, insert means for removably captivating the capacitors in the shell, and removal means for removing the insert means from the shell whereby the capacitors may also be removed from the shell.
- 7. In an electrical connector having a hollow cylindrical shell, an apertured monolithic capacitor in the shell, a dielectric insert mounted in the shell and having a plurality of electrical contacts each in electrical circuit relation with the capacitor and the shell, and an insert assembly mounted in the rearward end portion of the shell for retaining the capacitor in the shell, the improvement comprising access means for providing access to the capacitor whereby it may be removed from the shell, the access means comprising the insert assembly being interference fit in the shell, the rearward end portion of the shell having an axial cutout, and the insert assembly having a radial recess adapted to be registered with the cutout for receiving a peg inserted therethrough, radial insert of the peg into the recess and rearward movement pulling the insert assembly outwardly from the shell.
- 8. The electrical connector as recited in claim 7 wherein the axial cutout terminates on the rearward face of the shell.
- 9. The electrical connector as recited in claim 7 wherein the axial cutout terminates inwardly of the rearward end face of the shell to define a limit on rearward movement of the retraction movement of the insert assembly.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of Ser. No. 926,598filed Nov. 3, 1986, now abandoned.
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