Shielded floating electrical connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsGary E. Polgar, Kenneth K. Kotz, Joseph D. Comerci
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Abstract
A shielded floating panel mounted electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end. The front mating end is designed for mating with a complementary mating connector in a mating direction. A metal shell is mounted about at least the rear terminating end of the dielectric housing. The shell mounts the electrical connector in an opening in and rigidly fixed to a panel. The housing is complementarily engaged within the shell to provide for relative floating movement therebetween in a direction transversely of the mating direction.
Claims15
A shielded floating panel mounted electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric housing having a front mating end, a rear terminating end, and a circumferential flange located therebetween, the front mating end being designed for mating with a complementary mating connector in a mating direction;
- a metal shell mounted rigidly to a panel about at least the rear terminating end of the dielectric housing, the shell having means for mounting the electrical connector in an opening in a panel, the metal shell further including lips projecting through the opening in the panel the lips forming a forwardly extending enlarged aperture for receiving a portion of the dielectric housing and a ledge defining the enlarged aperture;
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- means for providing a complementary interengaging relative floating movement between the metal shell and the dielectric housing in a direction transversely of said mating direction, said means including the ledge, defining the enlarged aperture in the lip, and the circumferential flange of the dielectric housing slidably engageable with one another.
A shielded floating panel mounted electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end, the front mating end being designed for mating with a complementary mating connector in a mating direction, the housing including a flange projecting outwardly therefrom;
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- a metal shell including a pair of shell halves about at least the rear terminating end of the dielectric housing, the shell halves forming an aperture for receiving the dielectric housing, the aperture being larger than the housing to provide for relative floating movement therebetween in a direction transversely of said mating direction, the shell having a groove for receiving the flange of the housing, and the shell having means for mounting the electrical connector in an opening and rigidly fixed to a panel.
A shielded floating panel mounted electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end, the front mating end being designed for mating with a complementary mating connector in a mating direction;
- a metal shell mounted rigidly to a panel about at least the rear terminating end of the dielectric housing, the shell having means for mounting the electrical connector in an opening in the panel;
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- means for providing a complementary interengaging relative floating movement between the metal shell and the dielectric housing in a direction transversely of said mating direction, said means for providing complementary interengaging relative floating movement comprising a flange projecting outwardly of the dielectric housing into a groove inside the metal shell, the groove being sized larger than the flange to provide said relative floating movement between the housing and the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.