Patent ID: 6196856
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly comprising a first connector that is mountable to a support structure for mating with a second connector in a mating direction, where the first connector is floatably mountable on the support structure such that the first connector is movable in a plane orthogonal to the mating direction, the connectors being provided with complementary guide members for correctly guiding and locating the connectors during mating, wherein the first connector comprises a centering member engaged with a complementary centering member of the support structure such that the first connector is floatably and resiliently located in a defined position with respect to the support structure when the first and second connectors are unmated, characterized in that the first connector is movably mounted in the mating direction with respect to the support structure and the centering members of the first connector and the support structure are disengaged when the first connector is biased in the mating direction with respect to the support structure during mating of the second connector with the first connector such that the first connector is floatable with respect to the support structure in the plane orthogonal to the mating direction.