US 11,990,724 B2
Apparatus and methods for connecting sections of a coaxial line
Michal M. Okoniewski, Calgary (CA); and Lynn P. Tessier, Eckville (CA)
Assigned to Acceleware Ltd., Calgary (CA)
Filed by Acceleware Ltd., Calgary (CA)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,831.
Application 17/683,831 is a continuation of application No. 17/258,382, granted, now 11,296,434, previously published as PCT/CA2019/050900, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/695,335, filed on Jul. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247099 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 9/05 (2006.01); E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/042 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); H01P 3/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/04 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); H05B 6/62 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/0503 (2013.01) [E21B 17/028 (2013.01); E21B 17/042 (2013.01); E21B 17/1078 (2013.01); H01P 3/06 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); H05B 6/62 (2013.01); E21B 43/2401 (2013.01); H01Q 1/04 (2013.01); H05B 2214/03 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. An apparatus for a coaxial transmission line, the apparatus comprising:
i. a first section of an inner conductor of the coaxial transmission line having a length, an exterior lateral surface and an interior lateral surface, the first section being formed of a conductive material, the exterior lateral surface defining a substantially uniform first outer diameter along the length of the first section, the interior lateral surface having a first mating portion located at a first end of the first section;
ii. at least a second section of the inner conductor having a length, an exterior lateral surface and an interior lateral surface, the second section being formed of a conductive material, the exterior lateral surface defining a substantially uniform second outer diameter along the length of the second section, the second outer diameter being substantially equal to the first outer diameter, the interior lateral surface having a second mating portion located at a second end of the second section; and
iii. at least one connector for connecting the first section and the second section in end-to-end relation, the connector having an exterior lateral surface extending between two opposed ends, the exterior lateral surface having a third mating portion at a first of the two opposed ends and a fourth mating portion at a second of the two opposed ends, the third mating portion being complementary to the first mating portion of the first section, the fourth mating portion being complementary to the second mating portion of the second section.