Patent ID: 11923638
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A circuit board assembly comprising:
a circuit board having a mounting surface, the circuit board having a mating edge;
an electrical connector having a connector housing holding contacts in a contact array, the connector housing having a mating end and a cable end, the mating end configured to be mated with a mating electrical connector in a mating direction, the electrical connector having cables terminated to the contacts and extending from the cable end, the connector housing having a mounting feature including an opening; and
a connector mount for locating the electrical connector relative to the circuit board, the connector mount having a bracket coupled to the mounting surface of the circuit board proximate to the mating edge, the electrical connector being movably coupled to the connector mount to move relative to the circuit board during mating with the mating electrical connector, the connector mount having a biasing member coupled to the bracket and coupled to the mounting feature of the electrical connector, the biasing member being compressible along a compression axis parallel to the mating direction to allow the electrical connector to float in the mating direction relative to the circuit board, wherein the electrical connector is movably coupled to the connector mount in a confined envelope in at least one floating direction perpendicular to the mating direction;
wherein the biasing member includes a spring member and a spring pin extending along the compression axis, the spring member being compressible in the mating direction, the spring member surrounding the spring pin, the spring member being coupled to at least one of the connector housing and the bracket, the spring pin passing through the opening in the mounting feature, the spring pin passing through a bracket opening in the bracket, the bracket opening being oversized relative to the spring pin to allow the spring pin to move relative to the bracket, wherein a clearance gap is provided in the bracket opening between the bracket and the spring pin, the spring pin moving with the connector housing in the floating direction, a size of the clearance gap changing as the connector housing moves in the floating direction.