Electrical card-edge connector
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorHung Viet Ngo
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Abstract
A card-edge connector has a housing that includes a housing body, and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the housing body. The electrical contacts include a plurality of electrical signal contacts and a plurality of electrical power contacts. The electrical signal contacts are sized thinner than the electrical power contacts. The card-edge connector includes a mounting fastener extending out from only one side wall of the housing body at a location adjacent the electrical signal contacts.
Claims15
A card-edge connector configured to receive a first substrate having a first mounting aperture, the card-edge connector comprising:
- a connector housing including a housing body that carries a plurality of electrical contacts, the electrical contacts defining a mounting end configured to be electrically connected to the first substrate, and an opposed mating end configured to be electrically connected to a second substrate;
- a mounting fastener extending out from the housing body, the mounting fastener configured to engage the first mounting aperture;
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- a mounting guide formed in the housing body, the mounting guide configured to receive a side edge of the first substrate when the card-edge connector is mounted to the first substrate.
A card-edge connector configured to receive a first substrate having a first mounting aperture, the card-edge connector comprising:
- a connector housing that carries a plurality of electrical contacts, the connector housing defining a mounting interface configured to mount to the first substrate, a mating interface configured to mate with a second substrate, the connector housing including a housing body that defines a first side wall that extends between the mating interface and the mounting interface, and a second side wall opposite the first side wall, the second side wall extending between the mating interface and the mounting interface;
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- a mounting fastener disposed closer to the first side wall than the second side wall, the mounting fastener configured to secure the card-edge connector to the first substrate with respect to relative movement between the first substrate relative and the card-edge connector, wherein the card-edge connector is devoid of a second mounting fastener that is disposed closer to the second side wall than the first side wall.
A card-edge connector configured to receive a first substrate having a first mounting aperture, the card-edge connector comprising:
- a connector housing that carries a plurality of electrical signal contacts and a plurality of electrical power contacts, wherein the electrical signal contacts are thinner than the electrical power contacts, the connector housing defining a mounting interface configured to mount to the first substrate such that the electrical signal contacts and the electrical power contacts are soldered to the first substrate, and a mating interface configured to removably mate with a second substrate;
- a mounting fastener disposed closer to the electrical signal contacts than the electrical power contacts, the mounting fastener configured to engage the mounting aperture so as to secure the electrical connector to the first substrate, wherein the card-edge connector is devoid of a second mounting fastener that is 1) configured to secure the card-edge connector to the first substrate and 2) is disposed closer to the electrical power contacts than the electrical signal contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.