Patent ID: 8894431

Claim:
Connector assembly ( 4 ) comprising: a connecting plate ( 12 ) provided with at least one electrical ( 16 ) and/or fluid ( 14 ) connection element, with the connection element defining a direction of connecting (Z) to a complementary electrical ( 18 ) and/or fluid ( 20 ) connection element, a support ( 22 ), the connecting plate ( 12 ) able to be displaced in relation to the support ( 22 ) in an offset position in a plane (X-Y) perpendicular to the direction of connecting for the connection of the connection elements ( 14 , 16 , 18 , 20 ) and a floating device ( 26 ) between the connecting plate and the support, with the floating device ( 26 ) able to recentre the connecting plate ( 12 ) in a determined idle position of the connecting plate in relation to the support in disconnected configuration of the connecting plate, from said offset position of the plate ( 12 ), characterised in that the floating device comprises on the one hand a recentring element ( 28 ) integral in the plane (X-Y) with the connecting plate ( 12 ) and on the other hand means of elastic recalling ( 30 ) of a cam surface ( 38 ) of the recentring element ( 28 ) in contact with a cam follower surface ( 40 ) arranged on the support ( 22 ), the connecting plate ( 12 ) and the support ( 22 ) being separate, in that the cam surface ( 38 ) and/or the cam follower surface ( 40 ) is inclined (α) in relation to the direction of connecting (Z), in that the connecting plate ( 12 ) is fixed according to the direction of connecting (Z) in relation to the support ( 22 ), in that the recentring element ( 28 ) is mobile according to the direction of connecting (Z) in relation to the connecting plate ( 12 ) and in relation to the support ( 22 ) between the idle position and said offset position of the plate ( 12 ), in that a stop plate ( 32 ) and the connecting plate ( 12 ) are arranged on either side of the support ( 22 ) according to the direction of connecting (Z), and in that the recentring element ( 28 ) is arranged between the stop plate ( 32 ) and the support ( 22 ).