Rocket launcher connector assembly

A contact member, comprising:

• a frame;
• at least first and second inserts supported in said frame such that said first insert is offset from said second insert,
• each of said first and second inserts having an interface side, and each of said first and second inserts supporting at least one conductive spring member,
• each spring member having a stationary end disposed inside of said first and second inserts, respectively, and a resilient end opposite said stationary end, said resilient end of each spring member having a rounded portion, said rounded portions extending thru said interface side of said first and second inserts, respectively, such that said rounded portions are exposed, thereby allowing said rounded portions to engage mating contacts.

A connector assembly, comprising:

• at least a first connector component;
• a housing having an inner receiving area and a connector holding portion at a perimeter of said receiving area for holding said first connector component, said connector holding portion defining an alignment channel;
• an alignment member supporting said first connector component, said alignment member having a cross-sectional shape substantially the same as a cross-sectional shape of said alignment channel of said connector holding portion, said alignment member being slidably received in said alignment channel in an insert direction;
• and
• a tolerance member engaged with both said alignment member and said connector holding portion of said housing, wherein as said alignment member slides in said alignment channel, said tolerance member biases said alignment member in a direction opposite said insert direction.

A rocket launcher connector assembly, comprising:

• a first connector component coupled to a launch tube, said first connector component including a dielectric body having at least first and second steps and a sloped surface therebetween at a mating interface of said dielectric body, and at least first and second contacts being supported by said dielectric body in said first and second steps, respectively, each of said first and second contacts having a substantially flat pad at one end and a tail at an opposite end, wherein said pads are exposed at said mating interface of said dielectric body and said tails extending through a side of said dielectric body opposite said mating interface;
• a second connector component coupled to a rocket, said second connector component including a frame, at least first and second inserts supported in said frame such that said first and second inserts are offset from one another, each of said first and second inserts having an interface side configured to engage said mating interface of said first connector component, and each of said first and second inserts supporting at least one conductive spring member, each spring member having a stationary end and a resilient end opposite said stationary end, said resilient end having a rounded portion, said rounded portions extending thru said interface sides of said first and second inserts, respectively, such that said rounded portions are exposed, thereby allowing said rounded portions to engage said pads of said first connector component;
• a housing having an inner receiving area and a connector holding portion at a perimeter of said receiving area for holding said first and second connector components, said connector holding portion defining an alignment channel;
• an alignment member supporting said first connector component, said alignment member being slidably received in said alignment channel in an insert direction;
• and
• a tolerance member engaged with both said alignment member and said connector holding portion of said housing, wherein as said alignment member slides in said alignment channel, said tolerance member biases said alignment member in a direction opposite said insert direction.