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Snap-in float-mount electrical connector

  • US 7,077,697 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2004
  • Issued: 07/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical connector for mounting in a mounting hole, the mounting hole having a diameter, comprising:

  • a body having a body axis; and

    a mounting mechanism attached to the body, the mounting mechanism having a mounting mechanism axis and comprising,a spring finger basket comprising a base portion and a plurality of spring fingers, each spring finger having a back end commonly connected at the base portion and a free front end opposite the base portion, the base portion being attached to an outer surface of the body adjacent to a flange in the outer surface, the free front end of each spring finger being spaced apart from the body,an end cap attached to the body, a back side of the end cap being adjacent to the free front end of each spring finger, the end cap having a backward-extending outer lip limiting outward radial movement and permitting inward radial movement of the free front end of each spring finger during radial movement of the body with respect to the mounting mechanism,a spring attached to the body, a back side of the spring being adjacent to a front side of the end cap, anda shroud attached to the body adjacent to a front side of the spring.

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