Protecting cover and board edge connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorSoh Eng-Kan
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a protecting cover and a board edge connector. The protecting cover is used to a board edge connector. An insulating housing of the board edge connector comprises a board edge slot and a tower portion at least positioned at an end of the board edge slot. Two positions of the tower portion provide a guiding groove and a pair of clamping arms, the guiding groove and the pair of clamping arms are spaced apart from each other, therefore, in the mating process and the unmating process, it maintains stable path and position and provides a holding force. A side edge portion of the protecting cover comprises a stopping block. The stopping block can correspondingly stop onto an inner wall of the tower portion, prevent warpage or deflection deformation of the insulating housing.
Claims13
A protecting cover, used with a board edge connector, the board edge connector comprising an insulating housing and a plurality of conductive terminals;
- the insulating housing being elongated and extending in a length direction;
- the insulating housing comprising a board edge slot and at least one tower portion, the tower portion being positioned at an end of the board edge slot, the tower portion having an inner wall facing the board edge slot;
- the conductive terminals being mounted in the board edge slot,
- the protecting cover being detachably mounted on the insulating housing,
- the protecting cover comprising:
- a body portion extending in the length direction;
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- at least one side edge portion positioned at an end of the body portion, the side edge portion comprising at least one stopping block which can correspondingly stop onto the inner wall of the tower portion, wherein the stopping block is close to an upper end of the inner wall of the tower portion.
A board edge connector, comprising:
- an insulating housing being elongated and extending in a length direction, the insulating housing comprising:
- a board edge slot;
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- at least one tower portion positioned at an end of the board edge slot, the tower portion comprising an inner wall, the inner wall facing the board edge slot, the inner wall comprising:
- a guiding groove in communication with the board edge slot;
- and
- a pair of clamping arms positioned in the tower portion, spaced apart from the guiding groove and positioned alongside the guiding groove, an interval between the pair of clamping arms being smaller than a width of the guiding groove, wherein the tower portion comprises a position limiting surface which is positioned in the tower portion, spaced apart from the pair of clamping arms and positioned alongside the pair of clamping arms.
A board edge connector, comprising:
- an insulating housing being elongated and extending in a length direction, the insulating housing comprising:
- a board edge slot;
- and
- at least one tower portion positioned at an end of the board edge slot, the tower portion comprising an inner wall, the inner wall facing the board edge slot, the inner wall comprising:
- a guiding groove in communication with the board edge slot;
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- a pair of clamping arms positioned in the tower portion, spaced apart from the guiding groove and positioned alongside the guiding groove, an interval between the pair of clamping arms being smaller than a width of the guiding groove,
- wherein the board edge connector is used to receive a board edge module, the board edge module has a side board edge portion, the side board edge portion comprises a latching notch,
- the board edge connector further comprises:
- a latching member comprising:
- a latching portion configured to latch with the latching notch of the board edge module in a locking position;
- an ejecting portion, the ejecting portion and the latching portion are positioned at two ends of the latching member;
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- a following bar;
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- a pushing member comprising:
- a pushing bar configured to push down the following bar of the latching member in an unlocking position, the ejecting portion of the latching member responses to a movement of the following bar pushed down and ejects out the side board edge portion of the board edge module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.