Electronic card connector assembly having improved terminals to avoid scuffing

An electronic card connector assembly comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• first and second rows of passageways formed within the housing along a front-to-back direction and opposite to each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, the first row of passageways and the second row of passageways being alternately arranged with each other in said front-to-back direction, each of said first and second rows of passageways being dimensionally and structurally similar to one another and defining a home plate configuration with a triangular section and a rectangular section, the triangular sections of all said first row of passageways directed toward the second row of passageways, the triangular sections of all said second row of passageways directed toward the first row of passageway;
• and
• first and second rows of contacts disposed in the corresponding first and second rows of passageways, respectively, each of said first and second rows of contacts defining a home plate contour compliantly received within and further extending away from the corresponding passageway in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction;
• wherein
• a distance between a first line defined by an outermost region of each of the first row of passageways away from the second row of passageways in the transverse direction, and another outermost region of each of the second row of passageways from the first row of passageway in the transverse direction, is generally one and half of a largest dimension of each passageway in the transverse direction.

An electronic card connector assembly comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• an elongated opening formed with the housing along a front-to-back direction;
• first and second rows of passageways formed within the housing along said front-to-back direction and opposite to each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, the first row of passageways and the second row of passageways being alternately arranged with each other in said front-to-back direction, each of said first and second rows of passageways being dimensionally and structurally similar to one another and defining a home plate configuration with a triangular section and a rectangular section, the triangular sections of all said first row of passageways directed toward the second row of passageways, the triangular sections of all said second row of passageways directed toward the first row of passageway;
• and
• first and second rows of contacts disposed in the corresponding first and second rows of passageways, respectively, each of said first and second rows of contacts defining a home plate contour compliantly received within and further extending away from the corresponding passageway in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction;
• wherein
• said second row of passageways is located between the opening and the first row of passageways in the transverse direction;
• wherein
• a strap region of the housing is formed between the triangular section of one of the first row of passageways and the triangular section of the corresponding one of the second row of passageways;
• wherein
• each of the first row of contacts has a retaining section embedded within the housing, and an extension section extending from the retaining section along said strap region with a tail section which is located at a distant end of the retaining section and exposed in an opening of the housing which is located by another side of the second row of passageways opposite to the first row of passageways in the transverse direction.