Patent ID: 8342867

Claim:
A free-floating connector engagement and retention system comprising: a slotted mounting surface including elongate mounting surface slots therein; a connector carrier guide including elongate carrier guide slots therein; and a connector carrier to receive a connector, the connector carrier having threaded holes therein, and the elongate mounting surface slots and the elongate carrier guide slots extend transversely relative to the threaded holes; wherein the connector carrier is positioned between the connector carrier guide and the slotted mounting surface and is retained by a set of threaded spring pins that pass through the threaded holes in the connector carrier and the elongate mounting surface slots and the elongate carrier guide slots, and the threaded pins and the connector carrier are laterally moveable along the elongate mounting surface slots and the elongate carrier guide slots in one or more directions transverse to the threaded holes, and lateral movement of the threaded pins and the connector carrier is constrained according to the elongate mounting surface slots and elongate carrier guide slots.