Abstract: The invention relates to a device for connecting a coaxial cable to a printed circuit card. The device comprises:a body having a connection face and a housing suitable for receiving the end of a coaxial cable having conductors comprises a central core and an outer braid;a fixing means suitable for holding said body with its connection face against a printed circuit card; andtwo axially compressible contact studs secured to the body and disposed in such a manner that one of them is electrically connected to the central core of the coaxial cable while the other one of them is electrically connected to the outer braid of the coaxial cable when the end of the coaxial cable is placed in said housing, each stud having an outer end outside the body projecting from the connection face thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multichannel electrical connector, each channel consisting of a coaxial contact element including a central conductor and an outer conductor, means of connection to a printed-circuit board and an electrically conducting pin connecting the central conductor of the coaxial contact element to the said connection means.The conducting pins (7) are housed in a case (3, 12) which defines a continuous internal space, each conducting pin (7) being located close to at least one earth plane (13, 14) and being separated from the adjacent conducting pin or pins by a distance greater than the distance separating it from its earth plane (13, 14).

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-frequency electrical connector which includes a first connector element comprising a first conductor and an earth conductor, and a second connector element comprising a second conductor, an earth conductor and a third conductor which is in electrical contact with the second conductor when the two connector elements are unmated, the first connector element being designed, when mating it with the second connector element, to move apart the said second and third conductors of the second connector element, the first (5), second (14) and third (16) conductors being made in the form of blades, the earth conductor of the first connector element (1) including an external sleeve (8) and a blade (6, 7) arranged substantially parallel to the blade (5) constituting the first conductor, the earth conductor of the second connector element (2) including an external sleeve (17) and a blade (15) arranged between the blades (14, 16) constituting the second and third conductors.

Abstract: A microminiature coaxial connector which locks by snap-fastening, said microminiature coaxial connector including two complementary connector elements, each of said connector elements comprising a hollow cylindrical body forming an exterior earthing contact, said body having a forward end and an interior wall, each of said connector elements further having, starting from said forward end, a cavity into which there penetrates a central contact, said central contact having an end, said two connector elements respectively having male and female central contacts, retained in the body via an insulating material, a first of the connector elements including, inside its body, an elastic socket surrounding its central contact and extending beyond the forward end of the body, said socket having a free end and including, close to its free end, substantially in line with the end of the central contact which it surrounds, a peripheral bead able to engage in a groove formed in the interior wall of the body of the second co

Abstract: Coaxial electrical connector including:a first connector element comprising a central conductor and an outer earth conductor which are separated by an insulator anda second connector element comprising a central conductor, an earth conductor which surrounds the central conductor, being separated from the latter by an insulator, and a third conductor which is in electrical contact with the central conductor when said first and second connector elements are disengaged,the first connector element being designed, while it is being connected with the second connector element, to move the said central conductor and the said third conductor of said second connector element away from each other, wherein over the major part of its length, the third conductor (5) of the second connector element (1) is separated from the central conductor (2) by the earth conductor (3).

Abstract: Device for connecting at least one optical fiber to at least one integrated-optics waveguide which is formed within a substrate at a predetermined distance from one of the faces of the substrate constituting a reference plane, including a receptacle (2) capable of receiving the terminal portion of the optical fiber (8) and a planar support (3) capable of receiving the substrate (9) applied against said support (3) through its reference plane (9a), the receptacle (2) and the support (3) being arranged in such a manner that the axis of the waveguide (10) and the axis of the optical fiber (8) are situated in one and the same plane parallel to the reference plane (9a) of the substrate (9).

Abstract: A compact snap-action switch for high frequency switching applications comprising a housing of electrically conductive material having a horizontal outer wall with an opening formed therein; two spaced contact terminals disposed within the housing and having contact surfaces in a common plane proximate to and parallel with the plane of the outer housing wall; a rectangular metal contact element adapted to bridge the gap between the contact surfaces of the contact terminals in a closed position and to be snapped into an open position spaced from the contact surfaces; an actuator element having a lower end portion supporting the rectangular metal contact element and having an upper end portion disposed above the housing; a cradle support for the operating member; two parallel flexible strips being freely supported therein and being secured to the operating member; the cradle support being mounted above the outer housing wall and accommodating limited vertical displacement of the operating member between a switc

Abstract: The invention relates to an angled coaxial connector element of the type including a substantially parallelepipedal conductor body, at least one angled conducting stalk, one end of which is linked to a pin projecting from one of the faces of the said body and the other end of which is linked to the central conductor of a coaxial contact, projecting from another face of the said body and perpendicular to the pin, the angled conducting stalk being held by an insulant within an internal L-shaped conduit produced in the body.The said insulant (18, 19) has a narrowing in cross-section defining a layer of air (18', 19') around at least a part of the straight-line branch of the said stalk (8, 9).

Abstract: A coaxial connector of an elbowed coaxial connector element and a straight coaxial connector element, wherein the elbowed element has a conducting parallelepipedal body having a bottom face and a front face, a first printed-circuit board, a plurality of pins attached to the bottom face for mounting the elbowed element on the first printed-circuit board, a first coaxial contact mounted from the front face, the first coaxial contact has a first central conductor and a first peripheral conductor, the central conductor is concentrically disposed within the first peripheral conductor, a two ended, elbowed connecting rod one end of which is the first central conductor, and the other of its two ends is connected to one of the pins, the straight element has a second printed-circuit board, a ground plate connected to the second printed-circuit board, a second coaxial contact complementing the first coaxial contact whereby one of the coaxial contacts is a male contact and the other is a female contact, the second coaxi

Abstract: The invention relates to optical fiber cleavage method making it possible to obtain an oblique optical fiber end face, consisting in holding a segment of optical fiber between two separated supports, in displacing one of said supports with respect to the other, and in causing the cleavage of the fibre in a break zone dictated by an onset of breakage made by means of a tool, such as a blade.The fiber (4) is held embedded in said supports (1, 2) without exerting any stress on it, in particular any traction or torsion, one of the supports (1) is displaced solely in translation along an axis perpendicular to the axis of the fiber (4) whilst holding the other support (2) fixed, and the onset of breakage is made either before, during, or after said displacement of the movable support.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cylindrical body comprising at least one stud having a cylindrical base portion projecting from its rotating surface in which a cylindrical body blank is produced comprising a peripheral collar of external diameter equal to that of the stud or studs to be obtained, and of width greater than the diameter of the base of the stud or studs to be obtained.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multicontact connector protected against interference comprising a conductive casing, a plurality of contacts housed in the said casing and a plurality of clipping diodes each associated with a contact, each of the diodes having a substantially cylindrical shape with two disc-shaped electrodes arranged on either side of a cylindrical active part.The clipping diodes (11) are arranged in the casing (1, 2) of the connector with their longitudinal axis perpendicular to the axis of the contacts (3), one of the electrodes of each diode being brazed directly onto the side of the corresponding contact and the other electrode being connected electrically to at least one metal layer (7) forming an earth plane produced on a printed card (6) arranged transversely in the casing and containing a plurality of metallized through-holes (9) which are insulated from the said metal layer(s), for passage of the contacts (3).

Abstract: The invention relates to a quick locking and unlocking coaxial electrical connector having two connector elements and a peripheral release sleeve. One of the connector elements (2) has an elastic external contact socket (9) which has a diameter corresponding substantially to the diameter of the annular wall (24) of the peripheral release sleeve (23), the elastic socket having a front end disposed within an annular recess (12) of the body (10, 11) of the connector element, the connector having an elastic keeper provided with inclined portions (21, 22) projecting radially outwardly and disposed between the confronting ends of the elastic socket and of the annular wall of the peripheral sleeve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coaxial connector for connecting a coaxial cable to a printed electronic-circuit board. The connector element intended to be attached to the printed board is arranged as a cylindrical socket (1) comprising an external bush (3) provided integrally at its rear portion with means (5) for attaching it to a printed board, and a central contact (9) provided integrally at its rear portion with means (12) for attaching it to said printed board; the connector element intended to be fixed to the coaxial cable is arranged as a plug (2) comprising a tubular portion (16) for connection to the end of a coaxial cable and a tubular coupling portion (15) comprising a cylindrical external bush (22), and a central contact (26) comprising at its rear portion connection means (27) for the central conductor (17) of the coaxial cable, said central contacts of the two connector elements comprising interacting means (14, 30) for locking by snap-fastening.

Abstract: Connector for optical fibers, comprising two plug pins mounted one at the end of each of the fibers to be connected, a female reconstitution coupling (1) for supporting and aligning the two plug pins face to face; each of the plug pins being held in a plug body affixed to the cable containing the optical fiber to be connected, each of the plug bodies and the coupling containing snap-in connection means (29, 16); an operating slider (3) is mounted around each of the plug bodies. The female reconstitution coupling (1) has an axial tubular piece (10) whose outer surface (15) constitutes a surface for the mechanical guidance of the plug body, and of which at least a part of the interior surface serves as a means for the mechanical guidance of the plug pin in the coupling (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to an alveolar connector, comprising male and female connector elements (2,23) having parts provided with aligned sockets suitable for receiving at least one connection device for fiber optics formed of a male contact (1) and a female contact (22) working together, the one fixed in its socket, and the other axially movable in its socket, between a disconnection position and a connection position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector for fiber optics, having two ferrules mounted on the end of each of the fibers to be connected, each having a bore into which the fiber optic can be inserted loosely and fixed in place such that its end coincides with the end of the ferrule, and a female reconstitution coupling having a longitudinal bore to support and align the two ferrules face to face, and longitudinal pressure means to thrust each of the ferrules toward the other, characterized by the fact that it includes a separator (11) of resilient plastic material having a refractive index equal to or close to that of the core of the fibers (8) to be connected, the said separator having, prior to its installation, a thickness at least equal to the gap (e) between the ends of the confronting fibers once the connection is made, the said separator (1) being made integral with a sleeve (12) adapted to be positioned and held inside of the female reconstitution coupling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector for separably connecting a coaxial cable to a pair of parallel, spaced conductive pins, particularly the output contact pins of an integrated circuit. It includes a tubular conductive body (13) adapted to be affixed to the outer conductor (14) of the coaxial cable (1) at the end of the latter, and provided internally with means (15) for separably connecting the central conductor (16) of the coaxial cable to one of the pins (7), the tubular body having, near the end of the coaxial cable, a conductive tubular arm (18) with an axis parallel to the axis of the tubular body, and in contact with the outer conductor of the coaxial cable, the arm being arranged to receive removably contact means (21, 22, 23) adapted to provide an electrical contact with the second pin (8) and the tubular arm (18).

Abstract: Apparatus for sealing the entry of an optical cable (11) having an optical fiber (16) into alveolar multicontact connector of the type which comprises an insulating element (1) provided with a plurality of alveoli (2) configured to receive and hold contacts installed at the ends of said cables, and a sealing blanket of an elastically deformable material arranged on one face of the insulating element and having a plurality of passages (7) corresponding in number to the alveoli, each of the passages (7) being aligned with an alveolus, and being elastically extendable in the radial direction during introduction of a cable, characterized in that said apparatus includes a rigid cylindrical coupler (18) mounted with play about the cable (11) and around a part (20) of a contact (10) mounted at the end of the cable, said rigid cylindrical coupler (18) has a length greater than the thickness of the sealing blanket (3) to project beyond the back of the said blanket when said coupler is engaged in the passage (7) of the

Abstract: A housing for an armored connector, in which one of the elements of the housing comprises, on its periphery, a number of thin, elastic contact blades electrically connected with one another, as well as with the housing element which carries them, these contact blades coming to rest against the other housing element at the time of connection, characterized in that each contact blade extends essentially in the direction of the relative movement of the two elements of the housing at the time of connection and is comprised of a thin metal blade bent back in the shape of a U, the free end of which rest against the housing element which carries it, in such a way as to push elastically against the outside of the utility part of the contact blade upon contact with the said other housing element, the said contact blades being connected to a counterplate which ensures that they are securely attached to the housing element.