Card-type connector having heat conductive members extending over terminals thereof
AssigneeJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
InventorTomohiro Nakamura
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Abstract
A base of a connector defines an accommodation portion for accommodating a card-type device. The base has holding portions with surfaces directed to the accommodation portion. The holding portions hold held portions of terminals 40. Heat conductive members are provided on the surfaces of the holding portions. The heat conductive members are sandwiched between the card-type device and the holding portions when the card-type device is connected to the connector 10. In this way, heat conductive paths, which include the conductive members, are formed between the card-type device and held portions of the terminals 40.
Claims5
A connector connectable to a card-type device, wherein:
- the connector is mounted on a circuit board when used;
- the connector comprises a base, a cover, a plurality of terminals and a heat conductive member;
- the base defines a card accommodation portion which accommodates the card-type device;
- the base has a holding portion made of insulation;
- the holding portion has a surface directed to the accommodation portion;
- the cover is arranged so as to cover the card-type device in an up-down direction when the card-type device is connected to the connector in the accommodation portion;
- the terminals are arranged in a pitch direction perpendicular to the up-down direction;
- each of the terminals has a held portion, a contact point and a fixed portion;
- the held portion is held by the holding portion;
- the contact point is located in a position different from that of the held portion in a front-rear direction perpendicular to both of the up-down direction and the pitch direction;
- the contact point comes into contact with the card-type device when the card-type device is connected to the connector;
- the fixed portion is fixed to the circuit board when the connector is mounted on the circuit board;
- the heat conductive member is provided on the surface of the holding portion;
- the heat conductive member is arranged so as to extend over two or more of the terminals in the pitch direction;
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- the heat conductive member is sandwiched between the card-type device and the holding portion when the card-type device is connected to the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.