Patent ID: 11949189
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A communication system comprising:
an equipment rack having frame members, the equipment rack including a front chamber and a rear chamber, the equipment rack having a front guide element at the front chamber and a rear guide element at the rear chamber;
a first circuit board assembly being plugged into the front chamber; and
a second circuit board assembly being plugged into the rear chamber to mate with the first circuit board assembly in a mating direction;
the first circuit board assembly including a first circuit board, a first connector mount coupled to the first circuit board, and a first electrical connector coupled to the first connector mount, the first circuit board being guided into the front chamber by the front guide element, the first electrical connector having a first connector housing holding first contacts in a contact array, the first connector housing having a mating end and a cable end, the first electrical connector having cables terminated the first contacts and extending from the cable end, the first connector housing having a first mounting feature, the first connector mount having a first bracket coupled to a mounting surface of the first circuit board proximate to the mating edge, the first connector mount having a first biasing member coupled to the first bracket and coupled to the first mounting feature of the first electrical connector, the first biasing member being compressible along a compression axis to allow the first electrical connector to float relative to the first circuit board;
the second circuit board assembly including a second circuit board and a second electrical connector coupled to the second circuit board, the second circuit board being guided into the rear chamber by the rear guide element, the second electrical connector having a second connector housing holding second contacts in a contact array, the second connector housing having a mating end coupled to the mating end of the first connector housing along a mating axis;
wherein the first biasing member is compressible between the first bracket and the first connector housing to allow the first electrical connector to float relative to the first circuit board along the mating axis.