Ultra-high frequency connector

Claim 1

AN ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY COAXIAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING A MALE CONNECTOR UNIT AND A FEMALE CONNECTOR UNIT, EACH HAVING AN OUTER CONDUCTIVE SHELL AND AN INNER CENTER CONDUCTOR SUPPORTED WITHIN THE OUTER SHELL BY AN INSULATED BEAD, (A) ONE OF SAID CENTER CONDUCTORS BEING A CYLINDRICAL MALE ELEMENT OF UNIFORM MAIN DIAMETER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL FORWARD PORTION OF REDUCED DIAMETER, WITH AN ANNULAR RADIAL SHOULDER AT THE JUNCTION OF THE TWO DIAMETERS, SAID FORWARD PORTION TERMINATING IN A TAPERED POINT, THE OTHER CENTER CONDUCTOR BEING A CYLINDRICAL CONDUCTOR TERMINATING IN A TUBULAR FEMALE MEMBER HAVING THE SAME UNIFORM EXTERNAL DIAMETER AS THE MAIN DIAMETER MALE ELEMENT OF SECTION (A), AND HAVING AN INTERNAL DIAMETER SUFFICIENTLY LARGER THAN THE REDUCED DIAMETER PORTION OF SAID MALE ELEMENT TO FREELY RECEIVE IT WITH A RADIAL GAP BETWEEN THE TWO, (B) A PLURALITY OF SPRING FINGERS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ARRANGED WITHIN SAID RADIAL GAP, SAID FINGERS BEING LOCATED AND BIASED SO AS TO CONDUCTIVELY EXTEND ACROSS SAID RADIAL GAP AT THE OPEN END OF SAID TUBULAR FEMALE MEMBER.