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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2001
Scott D. Sturgeon, Vancouver, WA (US);
David C. Johnson, Portland, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is positioned in a biased manner relative to a receptacle upon mating. The mated electrical connector is positioned along a first positioning axis of the receptacle in predetermined electrical contact with a target circuit. The connector includes a housing that mates with the receptacle along a mating axis and is placed at a predetermined position along an orthogonal first positioning axis. The housing also defines a first-positioning-axis datum which engages the receptacle. Furthermore, the connector includes an electrically conductive contact structure mounted on the housing, and a biasing mechanism operatively coupled with the housing. The biasing mechanism acts to maintain the first-positioning-axis datum in abutment with the receptacle upon mating of the housing with the receptacle.