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US 2009/0023319 A1Published application
Card connector and card connector assembly
AssigneeAdvanced Connectek Inc.
InventorsPin-Yuan HOU, Yao-Te WANG, Wen-Chih KO
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Abstract
A card connector is mounted on a PCB and has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a pair of hook assemblies and a tray. The terminals are mounted on the insulative housing. The hook assemblies are mounted on the insulative housing and each hook assembly has a hook and a sheath. The sheath covers the hook. The tray is mounted slidably on the insulative housing and has two slides and two positioning notches defined respectively in the slides and selectively engaged respectively with sheathes on the hooks. The sheathes prevent the hooks from wearing the tray and prevent the slides from deviating.
Claims7
A card connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having
- an open top;
- a bottom;
- two opposite sidewalls;
- an open front end;
- a rear end;
- a space defined in the insulative housing and communicating with the open top and open front end;
- an opening defined through the bottom;
- and
- two rail slots defined respectively in the sidewalls and communicating with the space;
- a plurality of terminals mounted in the opening in the bottom;
- a pair of hook assemblies mounted on the insulative housing adjacent respectively to the sidewalls and each hook assembly having
- a hook mounted on the insulative housing and having
- a mounting portion mounted on the rear end of the insulative housing;
- a resilient portion being U-shaped and formed on and protruding perpendicularly from the mounting portion;
- and
- a hooking portion being angled and formed on and protruding from the resilient portion;
- and
- a sheath being angled, covering the hooking portion of the hook and having hardness;
- a cover being U-shaped, mounted on the insulative housing, covering the hook assemblies and having two side sections and an intermediate section formed between the side sections;
- and
- a tray detachably mounted slidably in the space of the insulative housing and having
- hardness being higher than that of the sheath;
- an open bottom;
- two opposite sides;
- a cavity defined in the tray and communicating with the open top;
- two slides being longitudinal, formed respectively on the sides and slidably mounted respectively in the rail slots of the insulative housing;
- and
- two positioning notches transversely defined respectively in the slides and selectively engaged respectively with the sheathes on the hooks.
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A card connector assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a card connector mounted on the PCB and having
- an insulative housing mounted on the PCB and having
- an open top;
- a bottom;
- two opposite sidewalls;
- an open front end;
- a rear end;
- a space defined in the insulative housing and communicating with the open top and open front end;
- an opening defined through the bottom;
- and
- two rail slots defined respectively in the sidewalls and communicating with the space;
- a plurality of terminals mounted in the opening in the bottom and are soldered on the PCB;
- a bracket mounted in the opening of the insulative housing, holding the terminals and having a plurality of positioning slots defined through the bracket and through which the terminal extend respectively;
- a pair of hook assemblies mounted on the insulative housing adjacent respectively to the sidewalls and each hook assembly having
- a hook mounted on the insulative housing and having
- a mounting portion mounted on the rear end of the insulative housing;
- a resilient portion being U-shaped and formed on and protruding perpendicularly from the mounting portion;
- and
- a hooking portion being angled and formed on and protruding from the resilient portion;
- and
- a sheath being angled, covering the hooking portion of the hook and having hardness;
- a cover being U-shaped, mounted on the insulative housing, covering the hook assemblies and having
- two side sections soldered on the PCB to hold the insulative housing on the PCB;
- and
- an intermediate section formed between the side sections;
- and
- a tray detachably mounted slidably in the space of the insulative housing and having
- hardness being higher than that of the sheath;
- an open bottom;
- two opposite sides;
- a cavity defined in the tray and communicating with the open top;
- two slides being longitudinal, formed respectively on the sides and slidably mounted respectively in the rail slots of the insulative housing;
- and
- two positioning notches transversely defined respectively in the slides and selectively engaged respectively with the sheathes on the hooks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.