CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of priority to China Patent Application No. 202010474108.X, filed on May 29, 2020 in People's Republic of China. The entire content of the above identified application is incorporated herein by reference.

Some references, which may include patents, patent applications and various publications, may be cited and discussed in the description of this disclosure. The citation and/or discussion of such references is provided merely to clarify the description of the present disclosure and is not an admission that any such reference is “prior art” to the disclosure described herein. All references cited and discussed in this specification are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties and to the same extent as if each reference was individually incorporated by reference.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The present disclosure relates to a connector, and more particularly to a connection device and a floating connection assembly.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

A conventional floating connector assembled onto a panel can be used to absorb or decrease a deviation by making some components thereof to be slightly floatable. However, the structure of the conventional floating connector has been limited by an existing technical prejudice (e.g., the floating mechanism cannot be related to the panel), so that the conventional floating connector is difficult to be significantly changed and improved.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

In response to the above-referenced technical inadequacies, the present disclosure provides a connection device and a floating connection assembly to effectively improve on the issues associated with conventional floating connectors.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a connection device, which includes a panel and a floating connection assembly. The panel has a first thru-hole and a plurality of second thru-holes that are arranged around the first thru-hole. The floating connection assembly includes a floating connector and an assembling module. The floating connector includes a floating module and a main body. The floating module defines an assembling region and a plurality of holding regions that are distributed around the assembling region and that respectively correspond in position to the second thru-holes. The main body is inserted into the assembling region of the floating module and passes through the first thru-hole. The assembling module passes through the second thru-holes and is retained by the floating module through the holding regions. The floating module and the assembling module are jointly configured to movably clamp the panel. The main body is spaced apart from an inner wall of the first thru-hole by a distance, and a portion of the assembling module arranged in any one of the second thru-holes is spaced apart from an inner wall of the corresponding second thru-hole by a distance, so that the floating connector and the assembling module are jointly movable relative to the panel.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a floating connection assembly, which includes a floating connector and an assembling module. The floating connector includes a floating module and a main body. The floating module defines an assembling region and a plurality of holding regions that are distributed around the assembling region. The main body is inserted into the assembling region of the floating module. The assembling module is retained by the floating module through the holding regions, and the floating module and the assembling module are jointly configured to movably clamp a panel, and are jointly movable relative to the panel.

Therefore, the floating connector and the assembling module of the floating connection assembly in the present disclosure are jointly used in cooperation with the panel so as to provide the floating connection assembly with a floating function for overcoming the existing technical prejudice. Specifically, the main body of the floating connector can be floated (or moved) along different directions to effectively improve (or absorb) a deviation generated from the floating connector, so that the floating connector can be precisely inserted into the mating connector.

These and other aspects of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description of the embodiment taken in conjunction with the following drawings and their captions, although variations and modifications therein may be affected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.

