Patent ID: 7083453

Claim:
A floating connector spring capable of providing multiple degrees of freedom for a connector mounted thereto, said connector spring comprising: first and second spring arms spaced from one another and extending substantially in the same direction, each of said first and second spring arms having a proximal end and a distal end and at least one lobe section positioned between said proximal and distal ends, each of said lobe sections being configured to be resiliently deformable, including being expandable and compressible, to allow movement of the distal ends relative to said proximal ends of said first and second spring arms; and a third arm having a distal end and a proximal end, said third arm being attached to and extending from said first and second arms in a direction different from the direction that said first and second arms extend, said third arm having at least one resiliently deformable lobe section, which is expandable and compressible, positioned between the distal and proximal ends of said third arm to allow movement of said proximal end relative to said distal end of said third arm.