Patent ID: 6155858
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A floating electrical connector, comprising:a frame-like fixed housings to be secured to a circuit board;a floating housing provided in said fixed housing such that a bottom face of said floating housing is disposed on or near a surface of said circuit board and is movable relative to said fixed housing in a plane parallel to said circuit board, and that between said fixed and floating housings there is provided a floating space;a plurality of contact elements attached to both said fixed housing and said floating housing having connection sections provided on a side of said fixed housing to be connected to conductors of said circuit board, contact sections provided on a side of said floating housing for contact with contact elements of a mating connector, and flexible sections provided between said connection sections and contact sections in said floating space to make said floating housing movable; anda receiving cavity provided in said floating housing to receive said mating connector therein, wherein said fixed and floating housing have substantially the same height.