Double circuit coaxial jack with automatic cross-connection upon plug removal and automatic termination of idle line upon plug insertion

Claim 1

IN A COAXIAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED COAXIAL SOCKETS, EACH SOCKET BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A COAXIAL PLUG AND EACH SOCKET INCLUDING AN OUTER CONDUCTOR ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM AN INNER CONDUCTOR, THE OUTER AND INNER CONDUCTORS OF EACH SOCKET BEING RESPECTIVELY CONNECTABLE TO THE OUTER AND INNER CONDUCTORS OF A COAXIAL CABLE AND BEING RESPECTIVELY ENGAGED BY THE OUTER AND INNER CONDUCTORS OF A COAXIAL PLUG UPON THE INSERTION OF THE PLUG INTO THE SOCKET, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING THE SOCKETS, THE INTERCONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST CONDUCTIVE MEANS PROVIDING A CONDUCTIVE PATH BETWEEN THE OUTER CONDUCTORS OF THE SOCKETS, A SECOND CONDUCTIVE MEANS INSULATED FROM THE FIRST CONDUCTIVE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO PROVIDE A CONDUCTIVE PATH BETWEEN THE INNER CONDUCTORS OF THE SOCKETS, THE SECOND CONDUCTIVE MEANS NORMALLY ENGAGING THE INNER CONDUCTORS OF BOTH SOCKETS, AND A TERMINATING MEANS INCLUDING A RESISTANCE OF THE SAME MAGNITUDE AS THE CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE OF THE COAXIAL CABLES TO WHICH THE CONNECTOR IS TO BE SECURED, THE TERMINATING MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE OUTER CONDUCTORS OF BOTH SOCKETS, THE INSERTION OF A COAXIAL PLUG IN ONE OF THE SOCKETS CONNECTING THE OUTER AND INNER CONDUCTORS OF THE PLUG TO THE OUTER AND INNER CONDUCTORS OF THE SOCKET, DISENGAGING THE SECOND CONDUCTIVE MEANS FROM THE INNER CONDUCTOR OF THAT SOCKET, AND ACTUATING THE SECOND CONDUCTIVE MEANS INTO ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE TERMINATING MEANS, THEREBY PROVIDING A TERMINATION FOR THE SOCKET INTO WHICH NO PLUG IS INSERTED.