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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul D. Cecil, Jr., Waukegan, IL (US);
Assignee:
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/364 ; H02B 1/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/364 ; H02B 1/01 ;
Abstract
A connector is disclosed for mounting in an aperture in a panel. The connector is mateable with a complementary connecting device in a given mating direction. The connector includes a housing mountable in the aperture in the panel. The housing has a panel engagement member for restricting movement of the connector relative to the panel in the mating direction. A release component is operatively associated with the engagement member to release the engagement member and allow floating movement of the connector relative to the panel in the mating direction in response to a force greater than the given mating force.