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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1999
Francois Jodon De Villeroche, La Celle Saint Cloud, FR;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connector is floatably mounted to a panel which has a cutout receiving the connector therethrough. In the unmated condition, the mating face of the connector is biased away from the panel by a spring, and widened portions of the connector are received in complementary recesses of the panel cutout. The engagement of the widened portions in the recesses centers the connector with respect to the panel cutout. During coupling with a complementary connector, the first connector is biased in the mating direction such that the widened portions disengage from the complementary recesses thereby allowing floating movement of the first connector with respect to panel, in the plane orthogonal to the mating direction.