Patent ID: 11901654
Assignee: AMPHENOL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of interconnecting a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board comprising the steps of:
providing a float connector comprising a contact assembly having at least one contact, a first guide member and a second guide member slidably and flexibly coupled to the contact assembly, and a biasing member arranged between the first guide member and the second guide member and configured to bias the first and second guide members away from one another, thereby defining an open position of the float connector in which first and second contact ends of the at least one contact of the contact assembly are recessed in the first and second guide members, respectively;
installing the first guide member onto the first printed circuit board with the float connector in the open position by inserting one or more alignment pins of the first guide member into corresponding one or more alignment holes in the first printed circuit board;
after installing the first guide member onto the first printed circuit board, aligning the second guide member with one or more alignment holes in the second printed circuit board;
after the step of aligning the second guide member, installing the second guide member onto the second printed circuit board with the float connector in the open position by inserting one or more alignment pins of the second guide member into the corresponding one or more alignment holes in the second printed circuit board; and
compressing the first and second printed circuit boards axially toward one another along an axis generally parallel with a longitudinal axis of the at least one contact of the contact assembly of the float connector and against the bias of the biasing member until the first and second contact ends of the at least one contact are exposed outside of the first and second guide members, respectively, and received in corresponding plated holes in the first and second printed circuit boards, respectively, thereby electrically connecting the first and second contact ends to the first and second printed circuit boards, respectively, for electrical connection between the first and second printed circuit boards through the float connector.