Patent ID: 6676426
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector configured for predetermined electrical contact with a target circuit via a connector receptacle, the connector comprising:a housing adapted to mate with the receptacle along a mating axis that is substantially orthogonal to a first positioning axis, the housing defining a mating-axis datum and a first-positioning-axis datum that are each nonmovable relative to the housing; a plurality of resilient electrically conductive contact structures connected to the housing, the resilient contact structures being configured to urge the mating-axis datum in a direction generally parallel to the mating axis into abutment with the receptacle in response to contact between the contact structures and the target circuit; and a resilient positioning mechanism coupled with the housing and movable relative to the housing, the resilient positioning mechanism being configured to engage the receptacle opposite the nonmovable first-positioning-axis datum, to urge the first-positioning-axis datum in a direction generally parallel to the first positioning axis into abutment with the receptacle.