Connector improved in floating function
AssigneeJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
InventorsOsamu Hashiguchi, Kouji Nakada, Yasukazu Itou
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Abstract
In a connector to be coupled to a housing and for coupling a mating connector in a predetermined direction, a connector element is held by a sub module which is held by the housing to be slidable in the predetermined direction. The sub module includes a floating spring portion. The floating spring portion includes a contacting portion for being brought into contact with the housing and an operated portion connected to the contacting portion. Responsive to movement of the mating connector in the predetermined direction, the operated portion separates the contacting portion from the housing.
Claims9
A connector to be coupled to a housing and for coupling a mating connector in a predetermined direction, the connector comprising:
- a sub module to be held by the housing;
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- a connector element held by the sub module to be slidable in the predetermined direction;
- the sub module comprising a floating spring portion;
- the floating spring portion comprising:
- a contacting portion for being brought into contact with the housing;
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- an operated portion connected to the contacting portion and responsive to movement of the mating connector in the predetermined direction for separating the contacting portion from the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.