Abstract: A fiber-optical connector system, including a fiber-optical connector and a coupling into which the connector can be inserted to establish an optical connection. The connector has a housing that extends along an axis and into which an optical fiber is arranged with the axis projecting with one end from the face of the housing. Means exist to cover the end of the optical fiber and protect the end of the optical fiber from any effects from the exterior when the connector is not inserted and to release the end of the optical fiber projecting from the housing when the connector is inserted in the coupling. A protection device for the connector system may be derived by configuring the cover means with a first cover element that protects the end of the optical fiber in the axial direction.

Abstract: A broad band communications antenna includes a baseplate which has a conductive layer that includes at least one coupler opening. A stripline network is provided adjacent the conductive layer in the region of the coupler openings. At least one conductive patch is arranged opposite the baseplate. The baseplate and the patch are arranged in a conductive housing which is provided with an open side. The baseplate is arranged adjacent the bottom of the housing and therefore farthest from the open side. One or more lugs are provided on the open side of the housing for reducing the open cross-sectional surface of the housing when the open side is seen from above.

Abstract: An antenna mounting device is provided to fasten an antenna to an external element (2). Two support members (3) are provided which may be attached to said external element (2) with a space in between. Each support member (3) has at least one cylindrical section (4) oriented in the direction of said space whereby a brace (10) of the antenna (1) may be attached onto said cylindrical section (4) by means of a fastening element (5) encompassing the same. This allows simple installation of antennas to walls, for example, with considerably lower installation requirements while having the same adjustment possibilities as with an auxiliary pole. For example, the antenna mounting device may be directly employed for fastening three antennas to one pole through completion of said antenna mounting device with a complementary support member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector having a housing, which is open at a front side to enable the plugging in of a mating connector and has a channel extending therethrough. An inner conduct contact is isolated and arranged therein. Connecting means are used to mechanically connect the plug connector housing to the mating connector. The mating connector locks when it is plugged into the connecting means. The connecting means are shaped in such a manner that said agents subject the mating connector to an axial tension tensioning external conductor contact surface of said mating connector against an external conductor against an external conductor contact surface of the housing. The plug connector can be coupled with a mating connector very rapidly and securely and a reliable electrical contact is guaranteed between the external conductors.

Abstract: A coaxial connector with locking by snap-fastening, the connector comprising two complementary connector elements each comprising a tubular body forming a ground contact and containing a central contact, which central contact is male in one of the bodies and female in the other and is held in the corresponding body by means of insulation, wherein a first one of the connector elements has a retaining member suitable for exerting a radial force on the second connection element which is arranged in such a manner that said radial force generates an axial force on the second connector element tending to press it axially against a bearing surface of the first connector element, and wherein the body of one of the connector elements has a member inserted therein that forms an internal ground contact and that is suitable for coming into contact with an inner wall of the body of the other connector element while exerting relatively strong contact pressure thereagainst.

Abstract: A connector (6, 7, 18, 23) has at least one free-standing pin (8 to 11; 19 to 22; 24, 25), which can be connected to a conductor of a printed circuit board (28). For producing the connector, a profiled, prism or rod-shaped starting body (30) is, on one end thereof, machined by turning around an axis (A) such that at least one pin is formed from an edge or profiling of the starting body. The method is significantly more economical than prior art milling methods and results in the production of especially stabile pins in the case of an extruded starting body.

Abstract: The invention related to a coaxial connection for a printed circuit board comprising an essentially cylindrical adapter (4;104) which, with a first end (5;105), is electrically connected to a first connector element (2;102) and which, with a second end (6;106), is electrically connected to a second connector element (3;103). At least the first connector element (2;102) is fastened to a printed circuit board (A). The adapter (4;104) is connected, with the first end (5;105) thereof, to the first connect element (2;102) via a ball-and-socket joint (22;122) in such a way that the adapter (4;104) can be tilted around the center (Z) of the fixed ball-and-socket joint (22;122) in a limited manner and without the application of forces thereon.