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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Matthew Bryan Hitchcock, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Andrew Jacob Vasbinder, Boiling Springs, PA (US);
Randy Gray Simmons, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Tracy Everette Wilson, Summerfield, NC (US);
Hoy S. Beck, Jr., Lexington, NC (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A floatable connector is provided that includes a housing and a bushing. The housing includes at least one mounting ear. The mounting ear has an aperture therethrough and at least one deflectable finger that extends into the aperture from an inner surface defining the aperture. The bushing is loaded into the aperture. The bushing includes a stem between a first flange and a second flange. The bushing defines a channel therethrough. The diameter of the aperture of the mounting ear is greater than the diameter of an outer surface of the stem such that an axially extending gap is formed between the inner surface of the mounting ear and the outer surface of the stem. The housing is floatable radially within the gap relative to the bushing.