# US 12,224,526 B2 · Electrical connecting member and floating connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,526 B2 - Document ID: US12224526B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/857,145 - Filed: 2022-07-04 - Published: 2023-10-12 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-04-08 - Assignees: Xiamen Ghgm Industrial Trade Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Xiamen Ghgm Industrial Trade Co., Ltd - Inventors: Bingshui Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224526B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/2442: {with a single cantilevered beam} - H01R 13/6315: {allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection (for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence)} - H01R 12/716: {Coupling device provided on the PCB} - H01R 12/91: allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating or self aligning (for coupling devices not specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R13/6315 takes precedence) - H01R 13/11: Resilient sockets (carrying separate resilient parts H01R13/15) - H01R 12/73: connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract An electrical connecting member includes an elastic connecting portion, a first fixing portion, and a second fixing portion. The first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are respectively disposed on two sides of the elastic connecting portion. A contact head portion is disposed on the second fixing portion in an upward direction. The contact head portion includes an extending segment and a bending segment. An electrical contact region is defined between the extending segment and the connecting portion. The bending segment is bent towards a lower portion of the electrical contact region and is connected to the second fixing portion through the extending segment. A free end of the bending segment is bent towards the extending segment to form an arc-shaped protrusion and is disposed in the accommodating groove. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical connecting member, comprising: an elastic connecting portion; a first fixing portion; a second fixing portion; and a contact head portion; wherein the electric connecting member is configured on an inner base, an accommodating groove is defined on the inner base; the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are respectively disposed on two sides of the elastic connecting portion; a contact head portion is disposed on the second fixing portion in an upward direction; the contact head portion comprises an extending segment and a bending segment, an electrical contact region is formed between the extending segment and the elastic connecting portion, the bending segment is bent towards a lower portion of the electrical contact region, the bending segment is connected to the second fixing portion through the extending segment; and a free end of the bending segment is bent towards the extending segment to form an arc-shaped protrusion, the free end of the bending segment is disposed in the accommodating groove, and the arc-shaped protrusion at least partially protrudes out of the accommodating groove so as to be electrically connected to an external contact component. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical connecting member according to claim 1, wherein components on the electrical connecting member have same thickness, the elastic connecting portion is configured in a U-shaped flexible shape, where the U-shaped flexible shape is elastically deformed in a left-right direction, two side edges of the elastic connecting portion are respectively connected to the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion; and when the elastic connecting portion is projected in an X-axis direction, a middle width of the two side edges of the elastic connecting portion is smaller than a top width or a root width of the elastic connecting portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electrical connecting member according to claim 2, wherein when the elastic connecting portion is projected in the X-axis direction, the width of the two side edges of the elastic connecting portion gradually increases from middle to bottom of the elastic connecting portion, so that a large rounded corner connection is formed where the two side edges respectively connect with the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrical connecting member according to claim 1, wherein the first fixing portion extends outwards to form an extending portion, and a bolt is disposed between the first fixing portion and the extending portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrical connecting member according to claim 1, wherein components on the electrical connecting member have same thickness, a projection of the second fixing portion in an X-axis direction is in a sheet shape, and the extending segment extends upwardly from a portion of the sheet-shaped second fixing portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electrical connecting member according to claim 5, wherein when the electrical connecting member is projected in the X-axis direction, the second fixing portion is in a rectangular sheet shape, and a width of the extending segment is smaller than a length or a width of the rectangular sheet shape. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electrical connecting member according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of positioning convex hulls are defined on the second fixing portion, and the plurality of the positioning convex hulls are distributed on a front side of the second fixing portion and a rear side of the second fixing portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electrical connecting member according to claim 7, wherein four positioning convex hulls are defined on the second fixing portion, two of the four positioning convex hulls are diagonally defined at a first surface of the second fixing position, and other two of the four positioning convex hulls are diagonally defined on a second surface of the second fixing position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electrical connecting member according to claim 8, wherein the second fixing portion is recessed downwards to form a connecting guide angle with the extending segment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electrical connecting member according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connecting member is formed through stamping one time, and the electrical connecting member is made of metal conductive material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A floating connector, comprising: an outer base; an inner base; and the electrical connecting member according to claim 1; wherein the first fixing portion is connected to the outer base, the second fixing portion is connected to the inner base, and the inner base is movable relative to the outer base under an action of the connecting portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The floating connector according to claim 11, wherein a clamping space and an accommodating groove for inserting an external object are defined on the inner base, the clamping space is adjacent to and communicates with the accommodating groove; an extending segment of the electrical connecting member is disposed in the accommodating groove, an upper end of the extending segment is obliquely bent towards a bottom of the accommodating groove to form a bending segment, an arc-shaped protrusion defined on the bending segment is at least partially located in the clamping space, and a free end of the bending segment is bent towards the extending segment and then is located in the accommodating groove.