Card edge connector and connector assembly thereof
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorYong Teck Yang
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Abstract
A card edge connector comprises an insulation housing and a plurality of terminals. The insulation housing includes a receiving slot for receiving a card module, a plurality of partitions arrayed on opposite sides of the receiving slot and defining a plurality of cavities, each partition including a bottom surface configured to be disposed on a printed circuit board. Each terminal comprises a body portion having a fixing portion configured to secure the terminal in the respective cavity and an inversely bent section, a solder tail extending from the fixing portion, and a contact portion extending from the inversely bent section and having a distal end at least partially protruding beyond the bottom surface.
Claims16
A card edge connector, comprising:
- an insulation housing having a receiving slot for receiving a card module, a plurality of partitions arrayed on opposite sides of the receiving slot and defining a plurality of cavities, the insulation housing including a bottom surface configured to be closely abutted on an upper surface of a printed circuit board;
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- a plurality of terminals respectively received within the plurality of cavities, each terminal comprising:
- a body portion having a fixing portion configured to secure the terminal in the respective cavity and an inversely bent section which extends downwardly at a bevel from an end of the fixing portion;
- a solder tail extending out from another end of the fixing portion;
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- a contact portion extending from the inversely bent section and having a distal end at least partially protruding beyond the bottom surface of the insulation housing.
A connector assembly, comprising:
- a printed circuit board including an open slot;
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- a card edge connector disposed over the open slot, comprising:
- an insulating housing having a receiving slot for receiving the card module, a plurality of partitions arrayed on opposite sides of the receiving slot and defining a plurality of cavities, the insulation housing including a bottom surface configured to be closely abutted on an upper surface of the printed circuit board;
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- a plurality of terminals respectively received within the plurality of cavities, each terminal comprising a body portion having a fixing portion configured to secure the terminal in the respective cavity and an inversely bent section which extends downwardly at a bevel from an end of the fixing portion;
- a solder tail extending out from another end of the fixing portion;
- and a contact portion extending from the inversely bent section and having a distal end at least partially protruding beyond the bottom surface of the insulation housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.