Patent ID: 6908326

Claim:
A floating connector comprising when a depth direction, a width direction and a height direction all being perpendicular to each other are assumed, an insulative base housing wherein a first contacting face facing the height direction is formed at one end thereof in the height direction and first through holes are provided to penetrate the base housing in the height direction, an insulative slide housing wherein a second contacting face facing the height direction is formed at one end thereof in the height direction to contact the first contacting face of the base housing and second through holes to be continuous with the first through holes of the base housing are provided to penetrate the slide housing in the height direction, and conductive contacts being to be inserted into the first through hole of the base housing and the second through hole of the slide housing from one side in the height direction and having a connecting part, which is to be pressed into the first through hole of the base housing and of which top end part is to protrude from the first through hole and be connected to a conductor of an external member, a contacting part, which is to be pressed into the second through hole of the slide housing and to contact a contact of a counterpart connector, and a floating part, which is provided between the connecting part and the contacting part and is able to undergo elastic deformation so that the contacting part and the connecting part can shift in any directions perpendicular to the height direction, and the floating connector being so structured that either one of the base housing and the slide housing is provided with protruding parts protruding on both sides in the width direction thereof, the other one of the base housing and the slide housing is provided with grooves on both sides in the width direction thereof, the grooves being concaved outward in the width direction, extending in the depth direction and being open at least on this side in the depth direction, and the protruding parts are inserted into the grooves, leaving spaces in both the width direction and the depth direction to enable the slide housing to slide in relation to the base housing in any direction perpendicular to the height direction while restraining the slide housing from shifting in the height direction.