US 11,855,388 B2
Floating electrical connector
Chih-Kuang Wang, Hsinchu (TW); Ying-Chieh Shih, Hsinchu (TW); I-Feng Lo, Hsinchu (TW); and Chin-Chih Chuang, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to ALPHA NETWORKS INC., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by ALPHA NETWORKS INC., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,741.
Claims priority of application No. 110133254 (TW), filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071615 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 12/57 (2011.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 13/187 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6315 (2013.01) [H01R 12/57 (2013.01); H01R 12/70 (2013.01); H01R 13/187 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floating electrical connector, comprising: a housing having a tubular portion, wherein an axis is defined in a center of the tubular portion; and a conductive member comprising a plurality of floating terminals and a plurality of external pins, wherein the floating terminals are arranged at intervals around the axis and are partially connected; each of the floating terminals has an inner terminal sheet on an inner side and a spring structure on an outer side; each of the spring structures is connected to one of the inner terminal sheets; at least a portion of the inner terminal sheet is inserted into the tubular portion and arranged along an inner peripheral surface of the tubular portion; the portion of each of the inner terminal sheets located in the tubular portion has an electronic contact bulging inward; the external pins are electrically connected to the floating terminals; wherein the connecting structure is formed by winding an elongated plate into a circular ring and has a seam on a side; and wherein each of the spring structures has an inner spring plate, a curved section connected at a top end of the inner spring plate and extending outward, and a connecting portion connected at an outer end of the curved section; the connecting portions are connected to form a connecting structure which is annular and is centered on the axis.