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Floating Electrical Connector

  • US 20060258199A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2006
  • Published: 11/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A floating connector comprising:

  • contacts each having a mating section that contacts a mating contact, a terminal section for connecting to a circuit board, and a flexible link that links the mating section with the terminal section;

    a movable housing receiving the mating sections of the contacts and having first through-holes;

    a fixed housing having a housing main body that fastens the terminal sections in place, tubular bosses that protrude from the housing main body and second through-holes that pass through both a pin body receiving part of the fixed housing main body and the tubular bosses;

    pin bodies being inserted through the first through-holes and second through-holes, the movable housing being disposed on top of the fixed housing at a specified distance from the fixed housing, wherein the inner diameter of the first through-holes in the movable housing allows the bosses to be slideably inserted therein and also allows the movable housing to move upward and downward with respect to the fixed housing.

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