Patent ID: 6364536
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
A floating connector assembly for mounting through an aperture in a panel, the aperture defining an axis, comprising:an adapter mountable in the aperture in the panel; a two-part connector including a fixed part fixed to a substrate and a movable part relatively movable axially in the fixed part; complementary interengaging first latch means between the two parts of the connector to prevent said relative axial movement therebetween; complementary interengaging second latch means between the adapter and the movable part of the connector when the movable part is mated with the adapter; release means on the adapter for releasing the first latch means between the two relatively movable parts of the connector to allow the fixed part of the connector and the substrate to float relative to the adapter and the panel; and said release means and the second latch means on the adapter comprising a single component.