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Connector having floatable optical module

  • US 8,622,635 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2011
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector comprising:

  • an insulating seat defines a receiving cavity opening forwards and a receiving room at an opposite side of the receiving cavity, a plurality of conductive terminals exposing in the receiving room;

    an optical module defining lenses at a front mating face thereof and a first touch portion at a rear face thereof;

    an actuating device located behind the rear face of the optical module to urge the optical module moving forwards, the actuating device comprising a spring coil and a connecting member, the connecting member integrally defining a second touch portion which is urged by the spring coil to contact with the first touch portion and a second connecting post received in a front end of the spring coil so that the connecting member engage the positioning post;

    wherein one of the first touch portion and the second touch portion provides a vertex and the other of the first touch portion and the second touch portion provides a planar so as to achieve a vertex-to-planar contact relationship between the first touch portion and the second touch portion;

    wherein the insulating seat defines a positioning post integrally extending towards the receiving cavity and received in a rear end of the spring coil so that the spring coil engages the positioning post.

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