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"The most important concern that we had was that this never, ever happens again in the future. We were unconditionally and unequivocally given that assurance," Sokolich said after a closed meeting with Christie in Fort Lee.
Sokolich had said earlier in the day he thought Christie should wait to come to Fort Lee until a full investigation was completed, but said that it had been a productive meeting.
"It is an ongoing investigation," Sokolich said. "There is a lot more information that I think needs to be reviewed. ... To a certain extent, we have to wait and see what transpires."
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Christie had few words for reporters after the meeting, but said that he and the mayor "had a very good, productive meeting and I look forward to working with him in the future."
Fort Lee residents waiting outside to hear from the governor had mixed reactions. Some shook Christie's hand, while others heckled the governor and demanded he take a lie detector test.
The September lane closures caused heavy traffic delays in Fort Lee and slowed emergency response time to at least four incidents, including reaching an unconscious 91-year-old woman who later died of cardiac arrest.
Fort Lee resident Julio Balmaseda said he wasn't sure if the governor had known about the closures, but was happy Christie took action against those he knew were involved.
"It means he's going in the right direction, but I hope that they don't find out he knew about it," Balmaseda said. "I had high hopes for him, and for him to be involved in something so disgraceful, it's not nice."
Christie's deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, was fired Thursday morning one day after email messages surfaced that she sent prior to the lane closures, including one saying it's "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."
The traffic during the closures had been "impossible," Balmaseda said. It took him 45 minutes to drive his son to school at the time, he said."The traffic here is bad as it is," Balmaseda said. "For somebody to do something intentionally that disrupts that even more, it's not nice. And what do they have to gain by it? They're not punishing the mayor. They're not only punishing the people of this town, but people from all over. I mean, this is the busiest bridge in the world."


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(Morehead, Ky.) -- On October 18, 2011 at 6:15 p.m. Lisa Ritter was traveling westbound on US 460 near Bryant Fork Road when she lost control of her 2003 Chevy Impala. She then overcorrected, traveling off the right shoulder of the roadway where her vehicle struck a tree. Lisa Ritter and her two year old daughter, Alyssa Johnson, were both transported to the Morgan County ARH Hospital in West Liberty. Alyssa Johnson was then flown to the UK Children's Hospital in Lexington. Lisa Ritter was treated and released from the hospital with only minor injuries. Two year old Alyssa Johnson was pronounced deceased at 7:30 a.m. on October 20, 2011, by Doctor Zaglul of the UK Children's Hospital. An autopsy will be scheduled for later this week. After being released from the hospital, Lisa Ritter was arrested for being under the influence of drugs. She was taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville where she is being charged with Assault 1st degree, Driving Under the Influence 1st degree aggravating circumstances and Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree. Additional charges are pending and the accident remains under investigation by Trooper Michael McPherson.
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What is the cause of PBC?
The cause of PBC remains unclear. Current information suggests the cause may involve autoimmunity, infection, or genetic (hereditary) predisposition, acting either alone or in some combination. A complete understanding of the cause of PBC will require two types of information. One, referred to as the etiology, is identification of the initiating (triggering) events. The other, referred to as the pathogenesis, is a discovery of the ways (mechanisms) by which the triggering events lead to the inflammatory destruction of bile ducts and hepatocytes. Unfortunately, neither the etiology nor the pathogenesis of PBC has yet been defined.
The following topics relate to the cause of PBC:
What is the role of autoimmunity?
PBC is presumed by most experts to be an autoimmune disease, which is an illness that occurs when the body's tissues are attacked by its own immune (defense) system. (Auto means self.) Childhood diabetes is one example of an autoimmune disease in which some type of transient infection (one that later goes away) triggers an immune reaction in a susceptible (genetically predisposed) person. This particular immune reaction in diabetes selectively destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.
Despite strong evidence to support the concept that PBC likewise is an autoimmune disease, some features of PBC are uncharacteristic of autoimmunity. For example, all other autoimmune diseases occur in both children and adults, while, as already mentioned, PBC has never been diagnosed in childhood. PBC and other autoimmune diseases, however, are associated with antibodies (small proteins found in the blood and bodily secretions) that react with the body's own proteins, which are referred to as autoantigens.
Specific types of white blood cells called B-lymphocytes make antibodies. Antibodies recognize specific protein targets called antigens (substances that are capable of causing the production of antibodies.) To facilitate our discussion of autoimmunity, let us first look at what happens in the more common type of immunity. It takes new or foreign antigens to produce this usual type of immunity. Vaccines, infectious organisms (like viruses or bacteria), or surgically transplanted tissues contain such foreign antigens. So, for instance, when a person is first vaccinated to prevent tetanus, that person is newly exposed to tetanus proteins, which are foreign antigens. What happens then?
First, specialized cells within tissues of the body take up and digest the tetanus proteins. Then the protein fragments are attached to special molecules called HLA molecules that are produced by the HLA complex. (HLA is an abbreviation for Human Leukocyte Antigen). The HLA complex is a group of inherited genes located on chromosome 6. The HLA molecules control a person's immune response. Next, the protein (antigen) fragments bound to the HLA molecules set into action (activate or stimulate) specialized white blood cells called T-lymphocytes. The T-lymphocytes then begin to multiply (reproduce) and secrete chemical signals into their environment.
Another type of white blood cell, called B-lymphocytes, also enters the picture. B-lymphocytes have molecules on their surface, called immunoglobulins (Ig) that can bind directly to undigested tetanus antigens. An essential part of the body's immune system, immunoglobulins are antibodies that attach to foreign substances, such as bacteria, and assist in destroying them. This binding activates the B-lymphocytes, that is, gets them ready for action. Meanwhile, the above-mentioned secreted chemicals of the activated T-lymphocytes provide a helper signal for the B-lymphocytes. This signal tells the B-lymphocytes to begin secreting the immunoglobulins (specific antibodies) that precisely recognize the stimulating tetanus antigen.
The bottom line here is that antibodies that specifically bind and inactivate tetanus proteins prevent an immunized person from developing tetanus. What is more, both the T- and B-lymphocytes reside in the body as memory cells. This means that they can remember to generate increased amounts of antibodies against tetanus antigens whenever a person has a booster shot of the vaccine. So, that's what happens in the common type of immunity.
By contrast, in autoimmunity, autoantibodies, produced by B-lymphocytes react against self or auto antigens rather than against foreign antigens. In this reaction, the activated B-lymphocytes still require help from chemicals secreted by activated T-lymphocytes. Although the human immune system is capable of recognizing a nearly infinite number of antigens, normally it does not recognize or respond to autoantigens. The expected absence of immune responses against self is called tolerance.
Thus, in all autoimmune diseases, including PBC, tolerance (absence of an immune response) becomes defective (is lost) for autoantigens recognized by both T- and B-lymphocytes. In other words, an immune response to autoantigens does occur. What's more, in autoimmune diseases, B-lymphocytes initially produce autoantibodies that recognize a single autoantigen. With time, however, B-lymphocytes produce new autoantibodies that recognize additional autoantigens that are distinct from the initial autoantigen. PBC, however, is the only allegedly autoimmune disease in which this sequence does not occur. In other words, in PBC, the autoantibodies recognize only the initial autoantigen.
What are antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA)?
Between 95 and 98% of patients with PBC have autoantibodies in their blood that react with the inner lining of mitochondria. These autoantibodies are called antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA). Mitochondria are the energy factories present inside all of our cells, not just the cells of the liver or bile ducts. The mitochondria use the oxygen carried in the blood from the lungs as a fuel to generate energy. AMA bind to protein antigens that are contained in multienzyme complexes (packages of enzymes) within the inner lining of the mitochondria. The multienzyme complexes produce key chemical reactions necessary for life. These complexes are referred to as multienzyme because they are made up of multiple enzyme units.
AMA specifically react against a component of this multienzyme complex called E2. In PBC, AMA preferentially react with the E2 component of one of the multienzymes that is called the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Accordingly, the antigen is designated as PDC-E2. The practical importance of all of this is that the PDC-E2 antigen is now used, as will be discussed below, in a diagnostic test for detection of AMA. The PDC-E2 antigen is also referred to as M2, a term introduced to designate it as the second mitochondrial antigen discovered by researchers interested in PBC.
Do the AMA react with the bile ducts?
In as much as the bile ducts are the main targets of destruction in PBC, the question was asked whether the AMA reacts with the epithelial cell lining of the bile ducts. So, investigators prepared antibodies to PDC-E2. As expected, they found that these antibodies bound to the mitochondria within cells. But, sure enough, recent information suggests that these AMA autoantibodies also bind to PDC-E2 that lies outside the mitochondria yet within the epithelial cells lining the bile ducts. Indeed, these cells are the main targets of destruction in PBC.
This accumulation of PDC-E2 within the biliary epithelial cells is observed exclusively in the livers of patients with PBC, and not in normal livers or in livers from patients with any other types of liver disease. Interestingly, it was also observed in the livers of those two to five percent of PBC patients who do not have AMA in their blood (AMA-negative PBC). Furthermore, intense binding of these antibodies to biliary epithelial cells was also found to be the earliest indication of recurrence of PBC in a transplanted liver. (PBC is sometimes treated by liver transplantation, which will be discussed later.)
These observations led to a speculation that the antibodies were actually reacting with an antigen from an infectious agent. The idea was that the infectious agent was present in the biliary epithelial cells of patients with PBC and that the agent could also infect the biliary cells of a transplanted liver. (See the section below on the role of infection).
What causes destruction of the bile ducts in PBC?
AMA are tremendously important as a diagnostic marker in patients with PBC. Despite that, no evidence exists that the AMA itself causes the destruction of the biliary epithelial cells lining the small bile ducts. Neither the presence nor the amount (titer) of AMA in the blood appears to be related to the inflammatory destruction of the bile ducts. Indeed, immunization of animals with PDC-E2 antigen results in production of AMA without any liver or bile duct damage (pathology).
What, then, causes the destruction of the bile ducts in PBC? Inspection of liver biopsies from patients with PBC indicates that T-lymphocytes surround and invade the small bile ducts. Thus, T-lymphocytes appear to be responsible for the death of the biliary epithelial cells lining the ducts and the destruction of the bile ducts. T-lymphocytes capable of directly killing target-cells (for example, biliary epithelial cells) are called cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, meaning that these T-cells are toxic to the target cells. And, in fact, cytotoxic T-lymphocytes have been observed in liver biopsies to invade the bile ducts and to be present in areas where biliary epithelial cells are dying.
Other T-lymphocytes that surround the bile ducts are known to produce chemicals that can also cause biliary epithelial cells to die. Some of these chemicals actually stimulate the biliary epithelial cells themselves to secrete small proteins that attract more T-lymphocytes. Paradoxically, then, this response by the biliary epithelial cells might result in even greater injury to the bile ducts, in sort of a vicious cycle.
Recent studies of T-lymphocytes isolated from the inflamed livers of patients with PBC have shown that these T-lymphocytes can, in fact, kill biliary epithelial cells. Moreover, many of the T-lymphocytes recognized the digested fragments of PDC-E2. These observations suggest the possibility (hypothesis) that the T-lymphocytes might attack the biliary epithelial cells because these cells display PDC-E2 antigens in their HLA (Human Lymphocyte Antigen) molecules to which the T lymphocytes react. No direct evidence, however, supports this hypothesis. The fact is that the actual antigens on biliary epithelial cells that are recognized by invading, destructive T-lymphocytes remain to be determined. However, the biliary epithelial cells do contain molecules, such as intercellular adhesion molecule-1, that are required for activated T lymphocytes to adhere to the cells that they kill.
What is the role of infection?
The possibility that PBC is caused by an infection with a virus, bacterium, or fungus has generated a number of studies. To date, none has shown conclusively that PBC is an infectious disease or even that it is triggered by a self-limited (nonpersistent) infection. Clearly, PBC is not associated with infection by any of the known hepatitis viruses. Furthermore, none of the new viruses that may cause liver diseases have been found preferentially or exclusively in patients with PBC.
Investigators are currently pursuing leads suggesting that the biliary epithelial cells of patients with PBC may contain an infectious virus that belongs to the class of viruses called retroviruses. (The human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, is an example of a retrovirus.) These studies have identified genetic fragments of a retrovirus in the biliary epithelial cells of patients with PBC. Nevertheless, further research is required to answer the important question of whether PBC is caused by a retroviral infection.
The possibility that PBC is caused by infection with bacteria has intrigued clinical investigators for decades. You see, the mitochondria in the cells of mammals were derived, during evolution, from bacteria. Thus, many bacteria contain antigens that react with the AMA found in patients with PBC. Some of these bacteria have been cultured from the urine of patients with PBC who have recurrent urinary tract infections. Interestingly enough, as discussed later, recurrent urinary tract infection has been recognized as a risk factor for developing PBC.
This association between urinary tract infection and PBC led to the speculation that a bacterial infection might trigger an immune response that developed into an autoimmune reaction. Although this speculation is plausible, there is currently no direct evidence that this sequence of events occurs in PBC. As a matter of fact, molecular techniques now exist to screen livers for the presence of any type of bacteria. So far, these kinds of studies have found no evidence of a chronic bacterial infection in PBC.
Another intriguing possibility is that an infection with a virus, bacterium, fungus or parasite might introduce foreign proteins that mimic the protein antigens of mitochondria. An immune response against these foreign proteins could develop antibodies and T lymphocytes that react with the mimicked self-proteins, thereby resulting in autoimmunity. In other words, the body's immune system responds to the foreign proteins but it reacts against its own mitochondrial proteins. This phenomenon is called molecular mimicry.
One of the best examples of molecular mimicry is found in rheumatic fever. This condition is an autoimmune reaction involving the skin, joints, and heart muscle, that is caused by an immune response to a streptococcal bacterial infection. Now, rheumatic fever is usually diagnosed within a few weeks of having strep throat. Physicians, therefore, recognized the relationship between the two events (streptococcal infection and rheumatic fever) before molecular mimicry was understood. PBC, however, is usually a more subtle condition that might not be diagnosed for many years. Therefore, if a transient infection were to trigger molecular mimicry in PBC, causing an autoimmune reaction, the relationship between the infection and the autoimmune disease might be easily missed.
What is the role of genetics?
PBC is not transmitted by heredity from parents with the disease to their children. Thus, PBC is not a classical hereditary (genetic) disease, as is diabetes, for example. Clearly, however, the genes of our immune system control human responses to infections with bacteria and viruses. The genes of the immune system also control the risk of developing autoimmune diseases. Studies have shown that there are some weak associations between PBC and certain specific inherited genes of the immune system. The fact that many people without PBC also have these identical immune genes indicates that the genes themselves do not determine if a patient develops the disease.
Accordingly, it appears likely that some immune genes create susceptibility for PBC, but the disease does not occur without additional events. Besides that, certain other immune genes may control progression of the disease. These genes are more common in patients with advanced PBC than in patients with the earlier stages of PBC. Indeed, recently, additional genes involved in immune signaling were found to be markers of both susceptibility and disease progression. Studies currently being conducted on patients whose close relatives also have PBC may clarify exactly which genes are associated with susceptibility and progression of PBC.
What are the symptoms and physical findings in PBC?
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The symptoms and physical signs (findings) in patients with PBC can be divided into those manifestations due to:
Patients with PBC, however, very often do not have any symptoms. In the large study of 770 patients with PBC in northern England, 56% had no symptoms at the time of diagnosis.
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From the tiger on the roof - which is something I loved straight away and is about as chinzty as Babur gets - to the modern, oriental minimalist decor inside to the cool, zen style toilets, to the tantalizing and exciting menu, Babur is different. It makes an effort to stand out from all the other Indian restaurants and it does it very well.
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However fear not, for those of you that like things a little simpler, you can still get a chicken curry. You won't see anything along the lines of a Dhansak or a Tikka Masala on the menu here though. The restaurant doesn't serve any of the traditional Indian specialities on the A La Carte menu and it saves these purely for the takeaway menu; which I have also tried and I can tell you, is delicious.
My diners and I started with some poppadoms and homemade pickles and chutneys, which were all a little bit unusual and really tasty. I coupled these with one of the special cocktails which was bourbon mixed with apple juice and cinnamon syrup, the latter which added a warming almost sweet honey taste to it. Babur pride themselves on their homemade inventive cocktails aswell as their food and I can see why. I must admit, I was also tempted to give their Coriander Daquiri a slurp.
We were brought a nice taster after our poppadoms of cubes of spiced potato with a tamarind sauce - a small thought, but something that makes Babur stand out and diners feel special.
For starter, we ordered the Tandoori Poussin breast with red onion yoghurt from the Specials, the Tamarind-glazed Quail breast and the Goat Patties with tamarind and raisin chutney. All were delicious but apart from the goat patties, the other two were on the small side and for £7-£8 a starter, could have been slightly bigger.
The mains were a difficult choice as to be honest, I wanted to try them all! I went for the best option where I could taste more than one - the Vegetarian Thali. It came on a huge silver platter with lots of little pots of different curries, bread and rice and was a joy to eat until I got full and couldn't finish it all! My dining companions ordered a Chicken Biryani, which came in a sealed clay pot where the chicken was so tender it almost melted in your mouth, and a Chicken Chettinad, which was spicy but very tasty and came in a 'rice dosa fool's cap' which was like a little bread pyramid wrapped around the curry. We accompanied them with some sides of lemon and cashew nut rice and chilli and cheese naan.
We were too stuffed for desserts but they sounded fantastic aswell with the likes of Spiced Chocolate Fondant, Mango Brulee and Spiced Pear Tarte Tatin on the menu amongst others.
Babur was a great experience - delicious and unique food, comfortable and tasteful surroundings and helpful and attentive staff. If you want an Indian that pushes the boundaries and makes you think past that Chicken Korma, then this is your place. I will definitely be back.
Dotty Dishes was a guest of Babur.
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A coaxial connector assembly includes a plug connector 2 and a mating jack connector 102. The plug connector 2 is a snap-on or quick connect and quick disconnect style connector. The plug connector 2 includes a shell 10 that can be terminated to a coaxial cable outer shield or braid 114. The shell 10 has deflectable spring fingers 12 formed at its mating end with a radially extending lip 16. A collar 30 surrounds the shell 10. The collar 30 is formed by a two housing components 32 that are preferably identical and can be mated together in surrounding relationship to the shield. Spring beams 34, 34A or elastomeric members 34B engage the peripheral lip to urge the collar 30 and the shell 10 toward a neutral position, even though the collar 30 and the shell 10 are relatively axially shiftable to facilitate mating and unmating.
1. A coaxial connector comprising a female component having a movable first terminal including a deflectable locking member encased in a molded stationary housing; a male component having a second terminal, said male component being adapted for insertion into said deflectable locking member of said female component, wherein upon insertion of said male component into said deflectable locking member, the first terminal is axially moved to a retracted position within said housing from a first position which prevents deflection of said locking member, and thus prevents insertion and removal of said male component when engaged therein, to said retracted position which permits deflection of said locking member, and thus permits insertion and removal of said male component, and wherein the female component further comprises spring means for biasing the first terminal toward the first position.
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10. A coaxial connector comprising a coax terminal shell having a generally cylindrical cross section and an outer collar surrounding the coax terminal shell, the outer collar having a generally cylindrical inner surfaces on which the coax terminal shell is positioned, the outer collar further comprising two separate housing components securable in surrounding relationship to the coax terminal shell in a position to permit movement of the coax terminal shell to a retracted position within the outer collar, wherein the outer collar has a generally rectangular outer periphery.
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19. A coaxial connector comprising a snap lock shell attachable to an outer conductor in a coaxial cable and a collar axially shiftable relative to the shell, the snap lock shell including at least one radially deflectable member located on a mating end of the shell and radially extending lip, spaced from the deflectable member, the radially extending lip being trapped between spring means affixed to the collar, the spring means generating a force between the shell and the collar for maintaining the shell and the collar in a relatively neutral position.
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24. A coaxial connector, matable with a mating coaxial connector, in which the coaxial connector includes a resilient metallic shell matable with a mating metallic member in the mating coaxial connector, to connect outer conductors on coaxial lines attached to the coaxial connector and the mating coaxial connector; the coaxial connector including a collar surrounding the resilient metallic shell with at least one inwardly projecting anti-vibration arm engaging the metallic shell to comprise means for damping vibration of the resilient metallic shell and to reduce rattle and noise due to such vibrations, said collar comprising two matable, identically formed hermaphroditic components that snap together to envelop the metallic shell.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention is directed to a coaxial connector or connector system that can be employed to interconnect segments of a coaxial cable or an RF transmission cable. The invention is also related to a snap lock or snap-on configuration in which two coaxial connectors are mated by pushing them together without the need to screw one connector to a mating connector.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Coaxial connectors of many types are used to interconnect two coaxial cable segments or to interconnect a coaxial cable to a printed circuit board. Screw threaded connections and BNC style coaxial connectors provide a measure of mechanical security to the interconnection. Snap-on or snap lock connectors, however, provide a simpler means for making such a connection, requiring less mechanical manipulation. When a coaxial cable connection is part of an assembly operation or a larger component, a simple and fast connection has increased significance.
One means of forming a snap-on coaxial connector is to employ a metallic shell that is terminated at one end to the coaxial cable braid or outer conductor and which includes a plurality of spring fingers at the other end. The spring fingers can either encircle a corresponding surface on the mating connector or the spring fingers can fit into a ring on the other connector. Typically, the spring fingers will be deflected during initial mating, but when two coaxial connectors are fully mated, the spring fingers will, in a first or neutral position, fit into a groove, or recess or valley on the connector to which it is mated. A surrounding collar can be used in conjunction with a contact terminal or shell including spring fingers of this type. The collar can be axially shifted relative to the spring fingers so that in a second position, the spring fingers can be deflected during initial mating. After the spring fingers return to the first or neutral position, the collar shifts to a position that will prevent the spring fingers from being deflected out of engagement. To disconnect the two coaxial connectors, the collar must first be shifted to a position allowing the spring fingers to be radially deflected out of engagement with the groove or recess on the other connector. Typically, snap lock or snap-on coaxial connectors of this type employ a coil spring to provide a spring force between the shell and the collar. However, a connector of this type requires the assembly of numerous parts including a collar, a shell, a coil spring, spring washers or stops at either end of the spring, a pin to terminate the center contact and a dielectric to separate pin or stripped inner conductor from the outer shell and the braid to which it will be terminated. The shell and the collar for prior art connectors are also typically fabricated as metal components, with the most common fabrication techniques involving screw machining or die casting operations for the collar and the shell. Finally, some means must be provided for securing the collar to the shell as part of the fabrication assembly. For some coaxial connectors, employing cylindrical collars and shells, a post assembly, metal forming technique is used to attach the collar as part of the overall assembly. One such technique involves the step of rolling over or deforming one end of the collar to trap the coil spring in place. All of these assembly operations add cost to the final product.
Two examples of coaxial connectors employing a cylindrical metal collar and a cylindrical metal shell with deflectable spring fingers are shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,017,139 and 5,316,494. The device shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,017,139 employs spring fingers to fit within an annular groove on the mating jack connector to form a quick connect and quick disconnect configuration. U.S. Pat. No. 5,316,494 employs a metal collar and shell to mate with another coaxial connector that has external screw threads on a mating jack instead of a single annular groove.
Although these connectors have worked well for their intended applications, there is a need to reduce the cost of manufacture for connectors of this general type. Furthermore the increasing use of coaxial connectors in applications where the connection may be subjected to vibration has revealed another disadvantage with the use of metallic shells and collars for snap-on coaxial connectors. Where a coaxial connector is used to connect electronic equipment in an automobile, vibrations can cause an audible rattle between the metallic shell and collar for conventional snap-on connectors. Since these connectors are quite often used in or adjacent to the passenger compartment where electronic equipment, such as GPS based systems are mounted, this rattle can be objectionable. Because of the manufacturing tolerances that are used to fabricate cylindrical metallic shells and collars of this type it has proven difficult to eliminate this auditory rattle using conventional connectors. The present invention provides a means for simplifying manufacture of snap-on connectors and for eliminating the noise associated with all metal cylindrical coaxial cable assemblies without adversely affecting the electrical or mechanical integrity of the interconnection, while at the same time even further simplifying assembly of a plug coaxial connector to jack coaxial connector in an automobile or other large assembly.
This invention comprises a first coaxial connector, such as a plug, in which a first terminal, such as a plug shell, includes a deflectable locking member. The locking member engages a mating second terminal on a mating second coaxial connector, such as a jack connector. The first coaxial connector also includes a molded housing, which can function as a collar surrounding the shell. The first terminal is axially movable relative to the molded housing between a first, or neutral, and a second position, The locking member, which can be in the form of split cylindrical spring fingers, is deflectable when the first terminal and the molded housing are in the second relative position. The deflectable member is held in engagement with the second terminal by the molded housing when the first terminal and the molded housing are in the first relative position. The first coaxial connector also includes a spring, in the form of spring beams or an elastomeric member that engages with the first terminal to urge the first terminal and the molded housing toward the first or neutral position.
This coaxial connector can also be described as including a coax terminal shell with a generally cylindrical cross section and an outer collar surrounding the coax terminal shell. The outer collar includes a generally cylindrical inner surfaces on which the coax terminal shell is positioned and a upper and lower relatively noncircular exterior surfaces, which may be part of an overall rectangular shape. The outer collar comprises two separate housing components securable in surrounding relationship to the coax terminal shell in a position to permit relative movement between the coax terminal shell and the outer collar. The collar can be molded or fabricated in a different manner in accordance with the broader aspects of this invention.
This coaxial connector can include a snap lock shell attachable to an outer conductor in a coaxial cable and a collar axially shiftable relative to the shell. The snap lock shell has at least one radially deflectable member located on a mating end of the shell and radially extending lip, spaced from the deflectable member. The radially extending lip is trapped between springs, such as spring beams or elastomeric members, affixed to the collar. These springs generate a force between the shell and the collar for maintaining the shell and the collar in a relatively neutral position. The collar can be molded or fabricated in a different manner in accordance with the broadest aspects of this invention.
FIG. 1 is an exploded three dimensional view of the preferred embodiment of plug coaxial connector.
FIG. 2 is a top view of the plug coaxial connector
FIG. 3 is a section view taken along section line A—A in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a section view taken along section lines B—B in FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a view of the mating end of the plug connector.
FIG. 6 is a view of a pin contact that can be used in this plug connector and can be attached to the center conductor in a coaxial cable.
FIG. 7 is a view of the stripped end of a coaxial cable when prepared for termination to the plug connector of this invention.
FIG. 8 is a view of a coaxial jack connector with which the plug connector of this invention can be mated.
FIG. 9 is a view of a first alternate embodiment of the invention showing a shell contact mounted in one of two collar or housing components.
FIG. 10 is an isometric view, partially in section, of the plug connector assembly of the embodiment of FIG. 9.
FIG. 11 is a section view of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.
FIG. 12 is a view of a second alternate embodiment of the invention showing the shell contact mounted in one of two collar or housing components.
FIG. 13 is a isometric view, partially in section, of the embodiment of FIG. 12.
FIG. 14 is a section view of the embodiment of FIG. 12, showing an elastomeric spring element affixed to the collar or outer housing component.
The preferred embodiment of this invention is shown in FIGS. 1-6. One alternate embodiment is shown in FIGS. 9-11, and a second alternate embodiment is shown in FIGS. 12-14. Other alternatives are also discussed, but these embodiments are believed to be sufficiently representative to allow one of ordinary skill in the art to appreciate the details of this invention as well as equivalent structures that can be employed to practice this invention.
The snap-on coaxial plug connector 2, shown in FIGS. 1-6 is intended to mate a conventional coaxial jack connector 102, shown in FIG. 8. Each of the plug and jack connectors 2 and 102 can be attached to a stripped end of a coaxial cable 110 having a center conductor 112 and an outer shield or braid 114 in a substantially conventional fashion. In the preferred embodiments, the plug connector 2 includes a plug snap lock shell 10 that can be terminated to the braid 114 of a coaxial cable 110 and a center pin 22 (shown in FIG. 6) that can be terminated to the center coaxial conductor 112. It should be understood that in some alternate applications, the center pin 22 can be eliminated and the center conductor 112 itself can be mated with a jack or receptacle center contact in the mating jack connector 102. The conventional jack connector 102 also includes an outerjack shell 104 that can be terminated to the coaxial cable braid 114, and a center jack or receptacle contact 106 that is terminated to the center conductor. The plug shell 10 can be snapped into engagement with the jack shell 104, which contains a groove 108 into which the plug shell 10 will lock in a manner to be subsequently described in more detail.
Coaxial plug connector 2 has a mating end 4 and a rear end 6. A mating coaxial jack is inserted into a mating cavity 8 on the mating end of the plug connector 2, and a stripped end of a coaxial cable 110 enters the plug connector 2 through the rear end 6. The coaxial plug connector 2 is an assembly including a plug snap lock shell 10, a pin 22, a dielectric sleeve 24 and a molded collar or housing 30. The molded collar or housing 30 is formed by two identical or hermaphroditic housing components 32 that can be snapped together in surrounding relationship to the snap lock or snap on shell 10. The shell 10 in turn surrounds the pin 22 which is separated from the shell 10 by a cylindrical dielectric sleeve 24.
In this preferred embodiment, the shell 10 comprises a one piece zinc die cast member. It should be understood, however, that the shell 10 could be screw machined and could consist of a die cast and a screw machined portion that are secured to each other. In some applications, the shell 10 could also be stamped and formed. Shell 10 is generally cylindrical and has deflectable locking members or spring fingers 12 formed between the mid section of shell 10 and the mating cavity 4. These deflectable locking members 12 are formed by slots extending axially from a mating end 8 of the shell 10. Each of the six deflectable locking members 12 has a locking ridge 14 protruding radially inwardly adjacent to the tip of the corresponding locking finger 12. These locking ridges 14 are dimensioned to fit within the locking groove 108 on the mating jack connector 102. The locking fingers 12 are sufficiently flexible that they can all be deflected radially outward when mated with the jack connector 102 before the locking ridges 14 are positioned in alignment with the groove 108. The deflectable locking fingers 12 can also be deflected when a sufficient axial force is applied to disengage the locking ridges 14 from the groove 108, unless the collar or housing 30 is in position to prevent outward movement of the deflectable members 12.
Just to the rear of the cylindrical deflectable members 12 is a cylindrical section 20 that has an outer diameter that is smaller than the outer diameter of the cylindrical section formed by the array of deflectable spring fingers 12. This section 20 serves as a bearing surface supporting the shell 10 in the outer collar 30 and also serves to retain the dielectric 24 in place, and this section 20 can be press fit, crimped or staked around the dielectric 24. A circular lip 16 extends radially outward from the central bearing section 20 at its rear. In the preferred embodiment, the outer diameter of this radially extending peripheral lip 16 is approximately equal to the outer diameter of the cylindrical section formed by deflectable locking springs 12. A crimping mandrel 18 of generally conventional configuration is located at the rear end of the shell 10, and when used with an outer ferrule of conventional construction (not shown) the stripped braid or outer conductive sheath 114 on an end of a stripped coaxial cable 110 can be terminated between the ferrule and the crimping mandrel 18.
Coaxial plug connector 2 also includes an outer collar or housing 30 that is positioned in surrounding relation to the shell 10 by latching two identical or hermaphroditic molding housing components 32 together. The collar 30 and the shell 10 are axially movable relative to each other. During mating of the coaxial plug connector 2 to a coaxial jack connector 102 the shell 10 first retracts or moves axially rearward relative to the collar 30, and when the shell latching ridges 14 snap into the jack groove 108 it is possible to feel the click and the jack is then released. The collar 30 is then free to move back to its locking position preventing outward deflection of the deflectable spring fingers 12 out of groove 108. In this manner the two coaxial connectors are maintained in their mated configuration. To disengage the two coaxial connectors, the collar 30 is shifted axially relative to the shell 10 so that the deflectable spring fingers will be cammed radially outward and out of groove 108 by the application of sufficient axial force.
The collar housing components 32 each comprise one piece injection molded members formed of a material such as acetal. Two of these components 32 can be positioned in opposing relationship and then snapped together to form the axially shiftable collar 30, which surrounds the shell 10. Each housing component 32 includes two molded latch arms 40 that will engage opposed latching surfaces 42 on the other component 32 when snapped together. Each housing component also includes an alignment projection 44 that fits within an aligned and opposing alignment recess 46 when the two collar halves are snapped together. Of course other latching and alignment means could be employed instead of the molded members and surfaces located on the housing components 32. For example, the two housing halves could be screwed together. It is also not essential that the two components 32 be identical or hermaphroditic, although the use of only one molded shape does have inherent and apparent manufacturing advantages.
The molded collar 30 has a generally rectangular configuration with opposite top surface 50 and bottom surface having a noncircular configuration. In fact, the top and bottom surfaces each have oppositely facing curved surfaces that allow them to be gripped easily by the thumb and finger of an installer. Opposite side surfaces 54, 56 along which molded latch arms 40 extend, form the rest of the generally rectangular external configuration of the molded collar 30. The cylindrical shell 10 is supported in the molded collar housing 30 by a curved front bearing surface 66 and a rear bearing surface 68 which support the shell 10 on opposite sides of the radial lip 16, which is received within a pocket 48 in which the peripheral lip 16 will reside. The deflectable cylindrical locking section or locking fingers 12 are centered within the mating cavity 8, as best seen in FIG. 5, formed at the plug connector mating end 4 by the two latched collar housing components 32 by a molded centering arm 58 extending from each housing half 32. This centering arm 58 engages the outer surface of at least one aligned deflectable spring locking finger 12. In the preferred embodiment, this centering arm 58 comprises a molded cantilever extending from its base 60 where it is joined to the rest of the corresponding housing component 32 of which it forms an integral part. A tip section 62 of this centering arm is spaced radially inward relative to the centering arm base 60 so that only the tip section 62 engages the opposed deflectable spring finger 12. In this position the centering arms, of which there are a plurality surrounding the shell, comprise anti-vibration means, preventing vibration and rattle of the shell 10 and the spring locking fingers 12, relative to the mating connector, when the connector is used in an automobile or other assembly that might otherwise transmit these vibrations to the connector assembly. The centering arm 58 extends rearwardly from a base 60 that is more closely adjacent the mating end of the collar and a recess or clearance section is formed between the tip section 62 of arm 58 and a circular rib 70 formed on the inside of the mating end of the collar 30. Circular rib 70 is located in opposition to the tips of the deflectable spring fingers 12 when the collar 30 and the shell 10 are in the neutral position. In that position the opposed ribs 70 prevent outward deflection of the deflectable spring fingers 12. A clearance recess or area 64 is formed between the ribs 70 and the tip sections 62 of centering arms 58 so that the deflectable spring fingers can flex outwardly when their tips are axially aligned with this clearance area 64. Although the tip section 62 of the centering arm remains in contact with the shell 10, the metal shell can move relative to the portion of the molded centering arm with which it is in contact without excessive friction and perhaps more importantly without any vibration or audible noise.
Although relative axial movement is possible between the collar 30 and the shell 10, these two members are held in a neutral position in the absence of application of an external axial force. In the preferred embodiment of FIGS. 1-6, a spring force is exerted between the shell 10 and the collar 30 by molded collar spring beams 34 when the shell 10 or collar 30 is moved from its neutral position. The molded collar spring beams 34 are part of the one-piece housing component 32 and comprise integrally molded extensions of the molded housing component 32. In this first embodiment two pairs of opposed collar spring beams 34 are located in the pocket 48, and each pair is offset from a central plane extending generally parallel to the side housing surfaces 54, 56. Each spring beam 34 extends radially inwardly from a base to a beam distal end. Since each beam is slanted, the distal ends are closer together than the beam bases. In the preferred embodiment, each spring beam 34 will thus engage the peripheral lip 16 only at its distal end and only over a small area, which can be referred to as a point contact. Even when the spring beam 34 is deflected, the beam 34 still engages the peripheral lip 16 at its distal end reducing the force exerted by the spring beam 34 as it is deflected to acceptable value. The radial lip 16 fits between the distal ends of beams 34 when the shell 10 is positioned within the collar 30, and each opposed beam 34 exerts a force that tends to keep the shell 10 in a neutral position relative to the collar housing 30. Since each collar housing component has two pairs or four molded spring beams 34, there are a total of eight spring beams 34 tending to keep the shell 10 in a neutral position relative to the collar. Each pair of spring beams 34 is aligned with an opposed pair of spring beams extending inwardly on an opposed collar housing component 32. The spring beams 34 thus tend to engage the radial lip 16 in positions offset from the center of the cylindrical shell 10. In other words, each spring beam 34 would engage the lip 16 along a chord spaced from a plane extending between the pairs of spring beams 34 in the same housing component 32. When the collar 30 is retracted relative to the shell 10, four spring beams 34 on one side of the peripheral lip 16 will exert a restoring force between the peripheral lip 16 and the collar 30. When the shell 10 is retracted relative to the collar 30, the four spring beams 34 on the other side of the radial lip 16 will exert a restoring force in the opposite direction.
The integrally molded spring beams 34 are not the only means for imparting a spring force between the shell 10 and the collar 30. FIGS. 9-11 show a first alternate embodiment in which separate springs 34A are fabricated from a spring material, such as Hytrel®, a polyether/polyester block copolymer manufactured by DuPont. These separate plastic spring members could also be formed as part of a two shot molding operation in which a portion of the mold is shifted, after the main housing is first shot, opening a new mold cavity into which the more flexible material could be injected. A material of this type is more resilient and has better spring properties than a standard material that would be used to mold the remainder of the collar or housing 30. The separate springs 34A would otherwise have the same or similar configuration as the integrally molded springs 34 shown in the embodiment of FIGS. 1-6. However, these separate springs could be inserted into channels in the pockets 48A formed when the collar housing component 32 is injection molded. Alternatively the springs 34A could be insert molded into the collar housing component 32. With the exception of the separate springs 34A and the spring pocket 48A, the remainder of the collar housing component 32 would remain identical to the configuration shown in FIGS. 1-6 and the same reference numbers have been employed for each embodiment.
A second alternate embodiment is shown in FIGS. 12-14. This embodiment employs an elastomeric or rubber spring 34B in which elastomeric material is located on both sides of the peripheral lip 16. Suitable elastomeric or flexible materials could include silicone or neoprene, among others. The peripheral lip 16 fits within a groove formed in the elastomeric spring 34B, and in the preferred embodiment an aligned groove in formed in the plastic housing forming the pocket 48B as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. Although separate elastomeric springs 34B would be used in the two housing components 32, only a single elastomeric spring member 34B need to be used in each housing component. In other words, the spring member 34B can have an arcuate shape so that it engages a continuous section of the peripheral lip 16, and separate spring beams, such as that shown in the other embodiments need not be employed. Although the elastomeric springs 34B can be snap fit into the pocket 48B, after the housing component 32 is molded, it is also possible to employ a two stage molding process in which the housing component 32 is first molded from a first material, and the elastomeric material is then injected with the previously inserted molded body serving as one surface of the reconfigured mold as part of a two shot molding operation. Although this embodiment employs a single elastomeric spring 34B in each housing component pocket 48B, it would also be possible to insert separate elastomeric block on opposite sides of the peripheral lip 16, although this would require an additional manufacturing step. Again since only the elastomeric spring 34B, and the spring pocket 48B differs from the other representative embodiments shown herein, the same reference numbers have been used for other elements.
The embodiments depicted in FIGS. 1-14 are believed to be fully representational of the basic elements of this invention. However, other equivalent structures that would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art could still be employed in implementing this invention. For example, a coil spring Could be employed with a molded housing, and even though this coil spring would only implement the broader aspects of this invention, such an embodiment would still achieve some of the objects of this invention. Another version could employ a wave spring n the form of a disk having radially extending undulations, that when compressed exert a restorative or spring force. Such a disk could be insert molded into the molded housing. The representative embodiments depicted herein show only an inline version of a receptacle connector plug. The same molded collar housing assembly 30, including the two molded housing components 32, could also be used in a right angle coaxial plug that would include the same elements of the invention as shown in the representative embodiments. Another embodiment incorporating the essential elements of this invention could employ a collar and shell assembly in a coaxial jack connector in which a female contact, and not a pin, were to be terminated to the center conductor of the coaxial cable. A coaxial connector including the basic elements of this invention could be connected to a mating coaxial connector that is terminated either to another coaxial cable segment or to a board mounted RF or coaxial type mating connector.
Although the preferred embodiments of this invention are used with a connector for connecting a single coaxial, multiple shell contact terminals could be mounted in a single molded collar housing to terminate and connect a plurality of separate coaxial lines. It should therefore be apparent that the invention as depicted in the representative embodiments is defined by the following claims and is not limited to the explicit implementation of the invention as depicted herein.
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Some say the cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security are too generous and should be reduced.
This post comes from Matthew Heimer at partner site MarketWatch.
In the latest round of fiscal cliff give and take, House Speaker John Boehner has made the most recent big move -- agreeing to accept an increase in tax rates on millionaires. In return, he's looking for a commitment to at least $1 trillion in spending cuts, including reductions in big entitlement programs.
And to help get there, according to The Wall Street Journal, he and other Republican leaders are putting a new emphasis on "a proposal to slow the growth of Social Security benefits by deploying a new formula for cost-of-living increases."
That formula is known among economists as the "chained consumer price index," or chained CPI, and it actually isn't especially new: Boehner and President Barack Obama were kicking it around during the 2011 budget talks as well, and it has support on both sides of the aisle.
Advocates of using chained CPI argue that the measures the government currently uses to measure inflation, and to set Social Security cost-of-living adjustments or COLAs, are actually too generous.
As Ed O'Keefe explains in The Washington Post today, "Policymakers generally make the assumption that when prices rise, people will turn to a less expensive product. They'll buy chicken instead of more expensive beef, iceberg lettuce instead of arugula, store-brand instead of name-brand cereal."
Traditional inflation measures don't catch this change in behavior, some economists think, but a chained CPI would. And using that measure, COLAs would be smaller by what the Congressional Budget Office estimates to be 0.3% each year.
Over time, that would add up: O'Keefe calculates that the average person who retired in 2000 at age 65 would be getting about 5% less than he's currently receiving if chained CPI had been in effect the entire time. But the sting of those cuts would be lessened, advocates say, because they'd be so gradual -- and, of course, because the current formula is too generous anyway.
To this line of thinking, the retort of most retiree advocacy groups (including AARP) is: Our raises are already too small. The average Social Security recipient just got a benefit increase of $19 a month for 2013 -- a "diet COLA," to use a favorite pejorative -- so retirees aren't exactly feeling flush.
But the real problem is that no inflation measure is keeping up with the biggest cost pressure that most retirees face -- rising health care costs. Medicare premiums are rising far faster than Social Security benefits, and they now eat up twice as big a share of the average retiree's benefits as they did in 2000, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
As Encore's Catey Hill reported when chained CPI first started making the rounds last summer, some advocacy group lobbied for the government to use a special "CPI-E" --where "E" stands for elderly -- that takes soaring medical bills into account.
Bottom line: Just about nobody reacts to medical inflation by saying, "That's OK, I'll just shop for a cheaper angioplasty." Until some kind of reform starts to flatten out that medical cost curve, changes to Social Security COLAs will probably remain a tough sell.
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those a _ _ _ _ _. They don't need Social Security - so how very very easy it is for them to sit up there and say oh!!! your getting too much- , cut back on cost of living amount, back on dollars paid out, cut back on anything they can think of... They think that because we are older and retired that we all of sudden became dumb too.. How dare they!! I say, take away ALL, ALL, ALL of THEIR PERKS, and see what they would have to say about that!!!! Make them pay for their HEALTH Insurance, gas, cars, postage- no raise or better yet give THEM the $19.00 a month and see what would happen..
Sick of it!!! I think everyone of them should be fired.
Since when did Social Security become the issue. I thought we got in this fiscal mess by unfunded, undeclared and prolonged wars that have gained us nothing but the loss of life and national treasure. While we need to tighten our belts everywhere...why do we lead off with social security....How about we quit being the aggressor in the world and change our posture to one of defense. Bet we could defend our selves for a fraction of what we spend now. So as soon as we cut the bloated defense budget...then let' entertain what we should do to keep social security solvent ( which it currently is it is not contributing to the deficit).
On Medicare, yes it must be reformed but just continuing to raise the premiums for seniors and chopping benefits is not the answer. How about we tackle the out of control costs. If the free market drove medical costs I do not believe we would have a problem. Government and Insurance companies have removed medical care in the U.S. as far as possible from the free market.
Finally, how about we do a little chopping at the bloated government...maybe a few less chefs on the whitehouse staff. few less trips in Air Force one...maybe a few less senior level bureaucrats in each department...It adds up.
So lets not lead the discussion with how to cut Social Security
The Social Security Funding issue would be solved by removing the annual cap in earnings...While the well off those earning above the current SS cap of $110,000 aproximately for 2012 would gripe they might want to consider it Social Stability. Because if Our Government tries to starve Granny she will come to DC and whap the politicians soundly with her bumpershoot.
Let us take the current and future Government raises and use them for paying back the money they have taken from the SS Fund.
The corrupt Republican corporate MONARCHY'S INFILTRATED, "HAND-PICKED" political puppets hard at work! They STOLE OUR GUARANTEED PENSIONS and gave us THEIR INSURANCE POLICY 401k, that CLEARLY STATES THAT IF THEY FAIL, SO DO WE!!!
Now they want to PLAY WITH OUR SOCIAL SECURITY! That's OUR F**KING MONEY! KEEP YOUR DAMN HANDS OFF IT! And, that goes for MEDICARE TOO!
They have STOLEN our American way of life, now they want to take what little bit we have left!!!!
What they REALLY WANT is an American Revolution, peaceful or otherwise! Let them take their pick!
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