Patent ID: 7186126

Claim:
A floating connector comprising: contacts each having a mating section that contacts a mating contact, a terminal section for connecting to a circuit board, and a flexible link that links the mating section with the terminal section; a movable housing receiving the mating sections of the contacts and having first through-holes; a fixed housing having a housing main body that fastens the terminal sections in place, tubular bosses that protrude from the housing main body and second through-holes that pass through both a pin body receiving part of the fixed housing main body and the tubular bosses; pin bodies being inserted through the first through-holes and second through-holes, the movable housing being disposed on top of the fixed housing at a specified distance from the fixed housing, wherein the inner diameter of the first through-holes in the movable housing allows the bosses to be slideably inserted therein and also allows the movable housing to move upward and downward with respect to the fixed housing.