Floating connector with a fixture to limit vertical movement of the connector
US7887350B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 24, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/6315
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fixture for a floating connector is to be mounted on a substrate and has at one end a connection portion to be connected to the substrate. The two fixtures are used in the floating connector including a plurality of contacts, an insulator fixing the contacts therein and having flanges, and a housing covering the insulator and fixing the contacts therein. The fixtures each include at the other end an anchoring bent piece adapted to engage the flange of the insulator to prevent the insulator from floating upwardly to an excessive extent. The floating connector using the fixtures is able to completely prevent the contacts from being buckled or deformed to an excessive extent when the floating connector is being fitted with or removed from a mating connector.
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