Filter pin connector haivng low ground return impedance

Claim 2

A filter connector assembly comprising: a connector pin; a substantially tubular filter element having an axial opening receiving and electrically contacting said connector pin; a housing comprising front, rear, and intermediate insulator means having aligned openings for receiving said connector pin within said tubular filter, and a pair of conductive ground planes, one of said ground planes located between said front insulator means and said intermediate insulator means and the other of said ground planes located between said rear insulator means and said intermediate insulator means, said ground planes providing a low impedance ground return path for said filter.

Claim 3

The filter connector assembly of claim 1 wherein said ground planes comprise thin sheets of metal having perforations aligned with the openings of said insulator means.

Claim 4

The filter connector assembly of claim 2 wherein said sheets of metal comprise integral tines for establishing electrical contact with said filter at said perforations.

Claim 5

A connector comprising a tubular housing means for connection to ground, at least one end portion of said housing means being filled with dielectric material, a feed-through contact terminal means within said dielectric material extending in an axial direction relative to the housing and exposed at its ends for mating with complementary contact terminal means, filter means comprising a dielectric element exhibiting increasing resistance with frequency mounted on the contact terminal means within the housing for attenuating high frequencies, and means for grounding the filter means at high frequencies through a low impedance coupling comprising: a conductive member coextensive with and capacitively coupled to the dielectric element, and a plurality of axially spaced conductive elements intermediate the ends of the conductive member extending transversely of said axial direction and connecting the housing to said conductive member.

Claim 6

A connector comprising a tubular housing means for connection to ground, at least one end portion of said housing means being filled with dielectric material, a feed-through contact terminal means within said dielectric material extending in an axial direction relative to the housing and exposed at its ends for mating with complementary contact terminal means, filter means comprising a dielectric element exhibiting increasing resistance with frequency mounted on the contact terminal means within the housing for attenuating high frequencies, and means for grounding the filter means at high frequencies through a low impedance coupling comprising: a conductive member coextensive with and capacitively coupled to the dielectric element, and a plurality of axially spaced conductive elements intermediate the ends of the conductive member extending transversely of said axial direction and connecting the housing to said conductive member.

Claim 7

A connector according to claim 4 wherein the conductive elements comprise substantially planar discs.

Claim 8

A connector according to claim 4 in which the contact terminal means includes a plurality of like substantially contacting devices exposed at their ends for mating with respective complementary contact devices, each of the contacting devices being provided with a said filter means and a said capacitively coupled conductive member, said conductive elements connecting all of the conductive members to said housing.

Claim 9

A connector according to claim 6 wherein the conductive elements comprise sUbstantially planar discs.