Self aligning electrical connector

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EP 0 907 223 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/06

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/14

(21)	Application number: 98307992.2

(22)	Date of filing: 30.09.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01R 13/631

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

03.10.1997 US 942970

(71)	Applicant: Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
	Dearborn, Michigan 48126 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Roy, Dhirendra C. Plymouth, Michigan 48101 (US)

(74)	Representative: Archer, Philip Bruce et al
	Urquhart-Dykes & Lord European Patent Attorneys New Priestgate House 57 Priestgate Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE1 1JX Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE1 1JX (GB)

(54)	Self aligning electrical connector

(57) Several self aligning electrical connectors assemblies are disclosed. The assemblies include two halves which are connected together and in which at least one member is movable relative to the other during connection. Spring members bias the two members to a desired position to ensure the two members are held in a desired position after connection, and returned from any position of movement that may have occurred during the connection.

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