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US 5,308,251 AGranted
Mounting bracket with ESD protection for an electrical connector
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsJohn W. Kaufman, John L. Broschard, III, John A. Woratyla
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Abstract
An electrical connector (1) comprises; a housing (2), a card receiving mouth (3), electrical contacts (4), prong receiving sockets (26) on the housing, (2) card guide arms (5, 6), a prong (25) on each of the guide arms (5, 6) for locking engagement with any one of the sockets (26), and a mounting bracket (64) engaging a ground plane (74) on a memory card (73) and being shunted to a ground plane on a circuit board (9).
Claims7
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing;
- a card receiving mouth in the housing;
- electrical contacts carried by the housing in the mouth;
- guide arms on opposite sides of the mouth;
- a card receiving groove on each of the guide arms;
- a grounding contact in each groove, each grounding contact comprising;
- a resilient spring finger projecting in the card receiving groove of a guide arm to engage a card inserted along the card receiving groove, a base providing a solder connection to a circuit board, a finger, an arm between the base and the finger, and the finger and the arm clasping the guide arm to provide a secure connection of the grounding contact to the guide arm.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing;
- a card receiving mouth in the housing;
- electrical contacts carried by the housing in the card receiving mouth;
- guide arms on opposite sides of the card receiving mouth;
- a card receiving groove on each of the guide arms;
- a grounding contact at an end of each of the guide arms, each grounding contact comprising:
- a base providing a solder connection to a circuit board, a finger, a resilient spring finger extending from the finger and projecting in the card receiving groove of a guide arm to engage a card inserted along the card receiving groove, the finger being wrapped around said end of the guide arm;
- and a mouth at said end of the guide arm for receiving a card to be engaged by the ground contact at said end of the guide arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.