Snap-in float-mount electrical connector

A mounting mechanism for mounting a body of an electrical connector in a mounting hole, the body having an axis, the mounting hole having a diameter, comprising:

• a spring finger basket having an axis and comprising a base portion and a plurality of spring fingers, each spring finger having a back end commonly connected at the base portion and a tip at a front end opposite the base portion, the base portion being attached to an outer surface of the body adjacent to a flange in the outer surface, the tip of each spring finger being spaced apart from the body,
• an end cap attached the body, a back side of the end cap being adjacent to the free front end of each spring finger, the end cap having a backward-extending outer lip limiting outward radial movement and permitting inward radial movement of the tip of each spring finger during radial movement of the body with respect to the mounting mechanism,
• a spring attached to the body, a back side of the spring being adjacent to a front side of the end cap, and
• a shroud attached to the body adjacent to a front side of the spring.

An electrical connector for mounting in a mounting hole, the mounting hole having a diameter, comprising:

• a body having an axis;
• and
• a mounting mechanism attached to the body, the mounting mechanism having an axis and comprising,
• a spring finger basket comprising a base portion and a plurality of spring fingers, each spring finger having a back end commonly connected at the base portion and having a tip at a front end opposite the base portion, the base portion being attached to an outer surface of the body adjacent to a flange in the outer surface, the tip of each spring finger being spaced apart from the body,
• an end cap attached to the body, a back side of the end cap being adjacent to the tip of each spring finger, the end cap having a backward-extending outer lip defining an annular space bounded by an inner surface of the outer lip, a back surface of the end cap and the outer surface of the body, within which the tip of each spring finger is free to move radially,
• a spring attached to the body, a back side of the spring being adjacent to a front side of the end cap, and
• a shroud attached to the body adjacent to a front side of the spring.