Compliant mount for connector

A connector adapter for connecting a first electronic device with a second electronic device, the connector adapter configured to enable data and power transmission between the electronic devices, the connector adapter comprising:na plug connector configured for removable mating engagement within a connector of the first electronic device, the plug connector having a base portion and an insertable tab that extends away from the base, the insertable tab having a plurality of external contacts formed thereon to enable data and power transmission through the plug connector;a receptacle connector configured for removable mating engagement with a connector of the second electronic device, the receptacle connector having a plurality of interior contacts to enable data and power transmission through the receptacle connector;an adapter body through which the plug connector and receptacle connector are connected by circuitry within the adapter body configured to enable data and power transmissions between the plug connector and the receptacle connector; anda compliant mount within the adapter body, the compliant mount operatively coupled to the plug connector to allow movement of the plug connector relative to the receptacle connector, the compliant mount including a front elastomer that surrounds a base portion of the tab and abuts a laterally extended portion of the plug connector and an inner elastomer disposed between the receptacle connector and the front elastomer, wherein the front elastomer has a first hardness and the inner elastomer has a second hardness less than the first hardness such that a majority of compliant movement within the compliant mount in response to bending forces applied on the plug connector occurs within the inner elastomer.

A compliant mount for use in connecting two electronic devices so as to allow relative movement between a first and second electronic device when connected, the compliant mount comprising:na housing;a first and second connector of differing type coupled to the housing and configured for removable mating engagement with corresponding connectors of the first and second electronic devices, respectively, to enable data and power transmission between the first and second electronic devices when connected, each of the first and second connectors having a plurality of electrical contacts;a front elastomer adjacent the first connector, the front elastomer having a first hardness;an inner elastomer disposed within the housing between the front elastomer and the second connector, the inner elastomer having a second hardness;wherein the front elastomer and inner elastomer, in combination, provide sufficient flexibility in response to a force applied to the first connector to accommodate compliant movement of the first connector relative to the second connector within a desired range of movement along one or more axes and further provide sufficient rigidity to support the first connector and inhibit compliant movement of the first connector relative to the second connector outside the desired range of movement which is within an angular displacement of 90 degrees from a mounted plane along which the first connector extends, wherein the second hardness is less than the first hardness so that a majority of compliant movement occurs within the inner elastomer.

A connector adapter for connecting a first electronic device with a second electronic device, the connector adapter configured to enable data and power transmission between the electronic devices, the connector adapter comprising:na first end connector and second end connector,the first end connector including a plurality of electrical contacts disposed in a first insertable tab to enable data and power transmission therethrough and being configured to enable said data and power transmissions to pass between the first electronic device and the second end connector, the first insertable tab configured for removable mating engagement within a connector receptacle of the first electronic device, andthe second connector including a plurality of electrical contacts arranged within a connector receptacle in the connector adapter to enable data and power transmission therethrough and being configured to enable said data and power transmissions to pass between the second electronic device and the first end connector, the second end connector further configured for removable mating engagement with a second insertable tab of the second electronic device, thereby enabling said data and power transmissions to pass between first electronic device and the second electronic device when the connector adapter is matingly engage with each of the first and second electronic devices; andan adapter body through which the first end connector and second end connector are connected, wherein the adapter body includes:a compliant mount, the compliant mount being sufficiently flexible to allow relative movement of the first end connector relative to the second end connector and sufficiently rigid to support the first end connector when the second end connector is matingly engaged with the second electronic device,wherein the compliant mount includes a front elastomer surrounding a base portion of the first insertable tab and an inner elastomer disposed between the second end connector and the front elastomer, the front elastomer has a hardness greater than that of the inner elastomer so that a majority of the compliant movement occurs within the inner elastomer.