Card edge connector with improved cover
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsZE-LIN YAO, ZHUANG-XING LI, XUE-WU BU
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Abstract
A card edge connector comprises an insulative housing defining a front mating face and a central slot recessed rearwardly from the mating face. A plurality of contacts each has a contact portion exposed into the central for mating with a complementary connector and a solder tail exposed to outside of the housing. A cover is assembled to a rear side of the housing. A spacer sandwiched between the housing and the cover along a front-to-rear direction. The spacer defines a plurality of through holes through which the solder tails of the contacts passing.
Claims20
A card edge connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a front mating face and a central slot recessed rearwardly from the mating face;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and each having a contact portion exposed into the central slot for mating with a complementary connector and a solder tail exposed to outside of the housing;
- a cover assembled to a rear side of the housing, and
- a spacer sandwiched between the housing and the cover along a front-to-rear direction, the spacer defining a plurality of through holes through which the solder tails of the contacts pass.
A card edge connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing including a body portion with an elongated central slot, two opposite side walls protruding rearwardly and downwardly from the body portion, and a receiving space formed thereamong;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contact portions exposed into the central slot for mating with a complementary connector, solder tails exposed to outside of the body portion;
- an insulative cover wholly retained in the receiving space, and having a top wall and a rear wall bending downwardly from the top wall, both of the top wall and the rear wall enclosing the receiving space;
- and
- an insulative spacer located in the receiving space and defining a plurality of through holes through which said solder tails extend;
- wherein at least one of the cover and the spacer is fastened to the housing.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining an elongated mating slot along a lengthwise direction;
- a plurality of terminals inserted into the housing with contacting sections exposed in the mating slot and mounting sections extending vertically on a rear side of the housing;
- a spacer upwardly assembled to the housing on said rear side and equipped with a plurality of through holes to allow said mounting sections to downwardly extend;
- and
- a rear cover forwardly assembled to the housing on said rear side and equipped with means for fastening to at least the housing;
- wherein
- the whole spacer is essentially hidden by the rear cover in a vertical direction perpendicular to said lengthwise direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.