Card edge connector and assembly thereof
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsGuang-Lei Xu, Kuo-Chun Hsu
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Abstract
A card edge connector includes an insulative housing and a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a slot going through a front surface thereof to receive an electrical card. Each terminal includes a contacting portion extending into the slot and a tail extending out of the insulating housing. The insulative housing has a retaining wall above the slot. The card edge connector further includes a nut retained in the retaining wall, and cooperating with an external retaining member to fix the heat dissipation module to the insulative housing. The card edge connector can be adapted to expand the module of the existing electrical card to meet diverse needs of customers.
Claims20
A card edge connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a slot going through a front surface thereof to receive an electrical card and a retaining wall located above the slot;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing, each terminal including a contacting portion extending into the slot and a tail extending out of the insulative housing;
- wherein
- the card edge connector includes a nut retained in the retaining wall, and the nut cooperates with an external retaining member to fix an external additional module;
- wherein
- the external retaining member upwardly protrudes above a top surface of the housing so as to have an ear portion of the external additional module positioned above the top surface of the housing and downwardly pressed by the external retaining member.
A card edge connector assembly comprising:
- a card edge connector having an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing, the insulative housing including a slot and a retaining wall above the slot, the terminal including a contacting portion extending into the slot;
- an external retaining member mounted to the card edge connector;
- an electrical card inserted into the slot;
- an external additional module extending along a front-back direction parallel to the electrical card;
- wherein
- the card edge connector includes a nut retained in the retaining wall, cooperating with the external retaining member to fix the external additional module to the insulative housing;
- wherein
- the external additional module is discrete and separable from the electrical card.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a module receiving slot extending along a transverse direction and communicating with an exterior in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with corresponding contacting section extending into the module receiving slot;
- a metallic shell enclosing the housing;
- a module having a front edge region received within the module receiving slot;
- a heat sink intimately positioned upon a top side of the module in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said transverse direction and said front-to-back direction, and fixed to at least one of said housing and shell;
- wherein
- said heat sink is discrete and separable from the module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.