Patent ID: 6561829
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector that absorbs alignment error for connection to a pin-shaped conducting member of a counterpart connector, said connector comprising:a base housing for connection to a printed circuit board, said pin-shaped conducting member extending through said printed circuit board in a longitudinal direction; a slide housing slidably supported so as to slide in relation to said base housing in a plane that crosses the longitudinal direction of said pin-shaped conducting member when said base housing is positioned on the printed circuit board; and at least one contact spanning said base housing and said slide housing, said at least one contact being fixedly attached to said base housing and said slide housing and soldered on said printed circuit board, wherein said slide housing includes at least one inlet hole having a top end which faces and opens towards said at least one contact and a bottom end which widens toward the end of said inlet hole and open to said pin-shaped conducting member.