Card edge connector with an improved metal shell
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsPO-FU CHEN, KUO-CHUN HSU, TA-LUNG LIU, MING-XIANG CHEN
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Abstract
A card edge connector includes: an insulating housing defining a card slot opening forwards through a front face thereof; plural terminals retained in the insulating housing and including contacting portions extending into the card slot and soldering portions exposed upon a bottom face of the housing; and a metal shell at least partially covering the insulating housing, wherein the metal shell including a flat plate and a pair of side plates bending downwards from the flat plate, and the flat plate is at least partially embedded in the insulating housing and located proximate to a top face.
Claims16
A card edge connector comprising:
- an insulating housing defining a card slot opening forwards through a front face thereof;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the insulating housing and comprising contacting portions extending into the card slot and soldering portions exposed to a bottom face of the housing;
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- a metal shell at least partially covering the insulating housing;
- wherein the metal shell comprises a flat plate and a pair of side plates bending downwards from the flat plate, and the flat plate is at least partially embedded in the insulating housing and located proximate to a top face.
A card edge connector comprising:
- an insulating housing defining a card slot opening forwards through a front face thereof;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the insulating housing and comprising contacting portions extending into the card slot;
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- a metal shell retained with the insulating housing, the metal shell having a flat plate parallel to the top face of the insulating housing and a pair of side plates bending downwards from the flat plate and covering opposite side faces of the insulating housing, the flat plate having an opening;
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- a locking member disposed in the insulating housing and having a threaded hole upright extending and aligned with the opening of the flat plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.