Floating connector and assembly thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12155154-B2
Application number	US-202217880757-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2022
Priority date	Aug 5, 2021
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

A floating connector and an assembly thereof are provided. The floating connector includes: a center conductive structure which includes a main body, a contact pin which is movably mounted in a front portion of the main body and a center spring which is mounted between the contact pin and the main body, a rear portion of the main body is provided with a mating cavity, an elastic mating portion is provided in the mating cavity and is capable of elastically deforming in a radial direction which is perpendicular to a front-rear direction; an insulative body which surrounds an outer circumference of the center conductive structure; and an outer conductive structure comprising a first conductive shell which is provided to an outer circumference of the insulative body, a second conductive shell which is movable, and an outer spring which is positioned between the first conductive shell and the second conductive shell, at least one of the first conductive shell and the second conductive shell is provided with an elastic contact arm, and the first conductive shell and the second conductive shell maintain electrical contact via the elastic contact arm. The present disclosure can promote stability of electrical contact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A floating connector, comprising:
a center conductive structure which comprises a main body, a contact pin which is movably mounted in a front portion of the main body and a center spring which is mounted between the contact pin and the main body, a rear portion of the main body being provided with a mating cavity, an elastic mating portion being provided in the mating cavity and being capable of elastically deforming in a radial direction which is perpendicular to a front-rear direction;
an insulative body which surrounds an outer circumference of the center conductive structure; and
an outer conductive structure comprising a first conductive shell which is provided to an outer circumference of the insulative body, a second conductive shell which movably sheathes the outer circumference of the insulative body, and an outer spring which is positioned between the first conductive shell and the second conductive shell, the second conductive shell being positioned in the first conductive shell, at least one of the first conductive shell and the second conductive shell being provided with an elastic contact arm, and the first conductive shell and the second conductive shell maintaining electrical contact via the elastic contact arm.

2. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of first contact arms extend inwardly from a rear end of the first conductive shell and then extend forwardly,
a plurality of second contact arms extend rearwardly from a rear end of the second conductive shell,
the second contact arms and the first contact arms are capable of sliding forwardly or rearwardly relative to each other and maintain elastically abut against each other.

3. The floating connector according to claim 2 , wherein
the first contact arm is plate-shaped,
the second contact arm is cantilevered and is provided with an elastic contact point which protrudes outwardly,
the elastic contact point elastically abuts against the first contact arm.

4. The floating connector according to claim 2 , wherein
the insulative body comprises a base body and a post body which extends forwardly from the base body, the base body is provided with receiving grooves which penetrate the base body in the front-rear direction;
the first conductive shell sheathes an outer circumference of the base body, the first contact arms are received in the receiving grooves respectively;
the second conductive shell sheathes an outer circumference of the post body, the second contact arms enter rearwardly into the receiving grooves respectively.

5. The floating connector according to claim 4 , wherein
the second conductive shell extends forwardly beyond the first conductive shell;
the post body is provided with sliding grooves which extend in the front-rear direction,
the second conductive shell is provided with a plurality of sliding tabs which protrude inwardly, the sliding tabs are capable of slidably forwardly or rearwardly entering into the sliding grooves respectively.

6. The floating connector according to claim 4 , wherein
the second conductive shell is provided with a plurality of position-limiting tabs which protrude outwardly,
the outer spring sheathes an outer circumference of the second conductive shell, one end of the outer spring abuts against the position-limiting tabs, the other end of the outer spring abuts against the base body of the insulative body.

7. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the center conductive structure further comprises a crown spring which is mounted in the mating cavity,
the crown spring comprises two circular barrel portions which are provided to two ends of the crown spring respectively and the elastic mating portions which are connected between the two circular barrel portions and protrude inwardly.

8. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the main body is formed by integrally stamping and bending, a side wall of the rear portion of the main body bends inwardly toward the mating cavity to form the elastic mating portion.

9. A floating connector assembly, comprising the floating connector of claim 1 and a cable connector which mates with the floating connector from behind;
the cable connector comprising a center conductive pin, a cable sealing member which sheathes an outer circumference of the center conductive pin, an outer shell which further sheathes an outer circumference of the cable sealing member, and a cable which is electrically connected behind the center conductive pin and the outer shell;
the center conductive pin being inserted into the mating cavity of the floating connector and contacting with the elastic mating portion;
the outer shell sheathing an outer circumference of the first conductive shell of the floating connector.

10. The floating connector assembly according to claim 9 , wherein
a plurality of first sealing ribs protrude inwardly from an inner wall of the cable sealing member, the first sealing ribs encircle and seal the center conductive pin;
a plurality of second sealing ribs protrude outwardly from an outer wall of the cable sealing member;
the cable connector further comprises an inner insulative base which sheathes a front end of the cable sealing member,
the second sealing ribs of the cable sealing member and the outer shell closely cooperate with each other.

11. The floating connector assembly according to claim 9 , wherein
the outer shell is provided with an adhesive passing hole,
the cable connector further comprises a sealing adhesive which embeds an outer circumference of a location where the outer shell and the cable are connected, and the sealing adhesive enters into the interior of the outer shell via the adhesive passing hole to embed the cable sealing member therein.

Assignees

• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Shen Yu
• Chen Feng

Classifications

• H01R13/6593

  the shield being composed of different pieces · CPC title

• H01R13/6597

  the conductive member being a contact of the connector · CPC title

• H01R24/50

  mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board] · CPC title

• H01R13/6315 Primary

  allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection (for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence) · CPC title