US 12,334,680 B2
Circuit board assembly for a communication system
Chad William Morgan, Carneys Point, NJ (US); John Joseph Consoli, Harrisburg, PA (US); Timothy Robert Minnick, Enola, PA (US); Justin Dennis Pickel, Hummelstown, PA (US); Douglas Edward Shirk, Elizabethtown, PA (US); David Allison Trout, Lancaster, PA (US); and Michael Streckewald, Harrisburg, PA (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/617,564.
Application 18/617,564 is a continuation of application No. 17/404,089, filed on Aug. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,949,189.
Prior Publication US 2024/0235116 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 12/75 (2011.01); H01R 13/18 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6315 (2013.01) [H01R 12/727 (2013.01); H01R 12/737 (2013.01); H01R 12/75 (2013.01); H01R 13/18 (2013.01); H05K 5/006 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01); H01R 2201/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system comprising:
an equipment rack having frame members, the equipment rack including a chamber, the equipment rack having guide elements at the chamber;
a circuit board assemblies plugged into the chamber, the circuit board assemblies positioned in the chamber relative to the equipment rack by the guide elements;
each circuit board assembly including a circuit board, a connector mount coupled to the circuit board, and an electrical connector coupled to the connector mount, the circuit board being guided into the chamber by the corresponding guide element, the electrical connector having a connector housing holding contacts in a contact array, the connector housing having a mating end and a cable end, the electrical connector having cables terminated to the contacts and extending from the cable end, the electrical connector includes ground shields at the mating end providing electrical shielding for the contacts, the ground shields configured to be electrically connected to the mating electrical connector, the connector housing having a mounting feature, the connector mount having a bracket coupled to a mounting surface of the circuit board proximate to a mating edge, the connector mount having a biasing member coupled to the bracket and coupled to the mounting feature of the electrical connector, the biasing member being compressible along a compression axis to allow the electrical connector to float relative to the circuit board;
wherein the biasing members allow the electrical connectors to move relative to the corresponding circuit board independent of each other for mating with mating components plugged into the equipment rack.