Patent ID: 6325652
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector mounting construction, comprising:a housing main body comprising: a housing portion connectable with a mating housing along an axis of connection, a shaft extending along the axis of connection from a side of the housing opposite a side to which the mating housing is connectable, the shaft having a polygonal cross-section with a plurality of sides, and a substantially planar base disposed on the housing main body and aligned substantially normal to the axis of connection,a holder comprising an accommodating portion for movably accommodating the base, the accommodating portion being dimensioned to allow translation of the base in the plane of the base and rotation of the base around the axis of connection,a restricting portion provided in the accommodating portion for contacting the base when the housing main body is displaced by a specified angle, thereby preventing any further angular displacement of the housing main body, andelastic portions conforming in number to the sides of the shaft and arranged substantially around the shaft and to face the corresponding sides of the shaft, the elastic portions permitting the housing main body to move substantially normal to the axis of connection and to angularly displace about the axis of connection, the elastic portions biasing the housing main body and the shaft toward an original position.