Patent ID: 8287306

Claim:
A electrical connection system comprising: an arrangement defining a plurality of receptacles and including a plurality of first connector housings respectively including at least one electrical contact, said plurality of first connector housings being receivably coupled in the plurality of receptacles; and a plurality of second connector housings respectively including at least one electrical mating contact, said plurality of second connector housings and the respective at least one electrical mating contact being matable to the plurality of coupled first connector housings and the respective electrical contacts associated with the plurality of coupled first connector housings along mating axes, and the plurality of coupled first connector housings have respective floatable movement in the respective plurality of receptacles that absorb positional mating tolerance variation during mating of the plurality of second connector housings to the plurality of coupled first connector housings, said floatable movement in the respective plurality of receptacles occurs in at least one of an X-axis and a Y-axis direction about the respective mating axes orthogonal to the respective mating axes in the respective plurality of receptacles, wherein said positional mating tolerance variation associated with the plurality of second connector housings in relation to the plurality of coupled first connector housings manifested at the plurality of receptacles when the plurality of second connector housings are mated to the plurality of coupled first connector housings is absorbed by the arrangement.