Patent ID: 7878829
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A floatable electrical connector assembly, comprising: a fixed housing made of an insulative material, the fixed housing defining a front receiving frame, the receiving frame having an edge section; a movable housing, made of an insulative material, discretely and movably attached to the fixed housing in an up-to-down direction and adapted to rest on said edge section of the receiving frame, the movable housing defining an interior mating face and a back wall; a plurality of contact terminals assembled to the movable housing, each of the contact terminals having an engaging section exposed on said mating face, a solder tail exposed out of said back wall, and an S-shaped flexible connecting section extending horizontal from said engaging section at one end and extending vertical from said solder tail at the other end; and wherein one of the movable housing and the fixed housing defines a mating bar adjacent said back wall, and the other one of the movable housing and the fixed housing has a receiving slot defining an enclosed boundary for receiving the mating bar so as to allow the movable housing to be movable relative to the fixed housing in said up-to-down direction through cooperation of the mating bar and the receiving slot; the movable housing has an outer frame border in cooperation with an inner frame boarder of said receiving frame so as to permit the movable housing to be slide within the receiving frame of the fixed housing in a predetermined width in the back-to-forth direction and movable relative to the fixed housing in a predetermined height in the up-to-down direction.