Flecto Floating Connectors

Harwin's Flecto is designed to provide movement in the X, Y, and Z axes of the male connector. The movement allows for added location tolerance, which is required when multiple connectors are used to connect the same two PCBs.

The mating area of the male connector can move by up to ±0.8 mm from the centerline. This compensates for positional misalignment across multiple connectors. It also eases any stresses from misaligned connections, helping maintain the contact force over time.

Gull-wing SMT terminations on the signal contacts allow easy solder inspection. Additional SMT hold-downs on the signal-only connectors give increased peel strength on the PCB. Location pegs or throughboard power pins provide assembly aids for PCB placement.

Flecto connectors provide up to 160 contacts in a symmetrical double-row layout. They also offer a wide range of board-to-board heights with an additional horizontal option for 90° daughterboards. There are three choices of miniature pitches: 0.5 mm (0.0197”), 0.635 mm (0.025”), and 0.8 mm (0.0315”). They also offer additional power pins with a current rating of 3 A in the 0.5 mm pitch range.