Card edge connector with an improved metal shell
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsPo-Fu Chen, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Ta-Lung Liu, Ming-Xiang Chen
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Abstract
A card edge connector includes: an insulating housing defining a card slot opening forwards through a front face thereof; plural terminals retained in the insulating housing and including contacting portions extending into the card slot and soldering portions exposed upon a bottom face of the housing; and a metal shell at least partially covering the insulating housing, wherein the metal shell including a flat plate and a pair of side plates bending downwards from the flat plate, and the flat plate is at least partially embedded in the insulating housing and located proximate to a top face.
Claims13
A card edge connector comprising:
- an insulating housing defining a card slot opening forwards through a front face thereof;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the insulating housing and comprising contacting portions extending into the card slot and soldering portions exposed to a bottom face of the housing;
- and
- a metal shell at least partially covering the insulating housing;
- wherein the metal shell comprises a flat plate and a pair of side plates bending downwards from the flat plate, and the flat plate is at least partially embedded in the insulating housing and located proximate to and under a top face of the insulating housing.
A card edge connector comprising:
- an insulating housing defining a card slot opening forwards through a front face thereof;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the insulating housing and comprising contacting portions extending into the card slot;
- a metal shell retained with the insulating housing, the metal shell having a flat plate parallel to the top face of the insulating housing and a pair of side plates bending downwards from the flat plate and covering opposite side faces of the insulating housing, the flat plate having an opening and two through holes;
- and
- a locking member disposed in the insulating housing and having a threaded hole upright extending and aligned with the opening of the flat plate;
- wherein
- the locking member is formed by a downward drawing operation of the flat plate, and the insulating housing defines two limiting portions protruding upwards from the top face of the insulating housing and positioned in corresponding through holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.