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US 6,200,149 B1Granted
Card edge connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorChen Chi-Chung
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electrical connector for connecting a first circuit board to a second circuit board. The electrical connector for mounting on the second circuit board comprises an insulative housing having a slot for receiving the first circuit board therein. A lever is rotatably mounted in a recess at an end of the housing. The lever rotatably moves in a first plane to affect the position of the first circuit board in the slot. The lever includes a support arm with a vertical surface constantly juxtaposed to a portion of the housing to limit the lever from rotating in a second plane angular to the first plane.
Claims20
An electrical connector for connecting a first circuit board to a second circuit board, said electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a first wall and a second wall extending from a first end to a second end and defining a top face, a slot in said top face extending from said first end to said second end between said first and second walls for receiving said first circuit board therein, terminal cavities disposed in at least one of said first wall and said second wall adjacent to said slot, and a recess in at least one of said first end and said second end, said recess being defined at least in part by a pair of spaced apart recess walls;
- a plurality of terminals disposed in said terminal cavities, each of said terminals having a contact portion extending into said slot for contacting conductive pads on said first circuit board when received in said slot and a tail portion extending out of said insulative housing to contact conductors of said second circuit board;
- a lever rotatably mounted in said recess at said at least one of said first end and said second end of said insulative housing, said lever being configured for rotational movement in a first plane to affect a position of the first circuit board in said slot, said lever including first and second oppositely facing sidewalls and a support arm projecting from each of said first and second sidewalls, each support arm having a vertical surface spaced from the sidewalls and configured such that each recess wall of said housing is interposed between one of the lever sidewalls and a respective one of said vertical surfaces for limiting movement of said lever outside of said first plane.
An electrical connector for connecting a first circuit board to a second circuit board, said electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a first wall and a second wall extending from a first end to a second end and providing a top face, a slot in said top face extending from said first end to said second end between said first and second walls for receiving said first circuit board therein, terminal cavities disposed in said first wall and said second wall adjacent to said slot, and a first recess in said first end and a second recess in said second end, said first and second recesses each including a first wall opposed to a second wall with a first aperture in said first wall in registry with a second aperture in said second wall;
- a plurality of terminals disposed in said terminal cavities, each of said terminals having a contact portion extending into said slot for contacting conductive pads on said first circuit board when received in said slot and a tail portion extending out of said insulative housing to contact conductors on said second circuit board;
- a lever mounted in each of said recesses at said first end and said second end of said insulative housing, said levers for rotational movement in a first plane to affect a position of the first circuit board in said slot, said lever including an extended gripping section for rotating said lever and a first shaft and a second shaft for reception into respective ones of said first aperture and said second aperture to rotatably mount said lever in said recess, said lever having a first side and a second side and a support arm projecting from each of said first and second sides, each support arm including a horizontal segment extending outwardly from a respective one of said first side and said second side of said lever, each support arm further including a vertical segment extending downwardly from said horizontal segment such that one of said recess walls of said housing is interposed between said respective one of said first side and said second side of said lever and said vertical segment for limiting said lever from rotating outside of the first plane.
A lever for being rotatably mounted in an electrical connector, said lever comprising a first side and a second side;
- one of a first shaft and a first aperture on said first side and one of a second shaft and a second aperture on said second side for rotatably mounting said lever on the electrical connector;
- an extended gripping section for manually engaging said lever to cause rotation of said lever when mounted;
- an upwardly facing surface on said lever for engaging a lower edge of a board;
- and a support arm including a horizontal segment extending outwardly from each of said first side and said second side of said lever, each support arm further including a vertical segment extending downwardly from said horizontal segment and being spaced from its respective side.
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An electrical connector for connecting a first circuit board to a second circuit board, said electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a first wall and a second wall extending from a first end to a second end and defining a top face, a slot in said top face extending from said first end to said second end between said first and second walls for receiving said first circuit board therein, terminal cavities disposed in at least one of said first wall and said second wall adjacent to said slot, and a recess in at least one of said first end and said second end, said recess including a first wall spaced from a second wall;
- a plurality of terminals disposed in said terminal cavities, each of said terminals having a contact portion extending into said slot for contacting conductive pads on said first circuit board when received in said slot and a tail portion extending out of said insulative housing to contact conductors on said second circuit board;
- a lever mounted in said recess at said at least one of said first end and said second end of said insulative housing, said lever being configured for rotational movement in a first plane to affect a position of the first circuit board in said slot, said lever having a first side and a second side, said lever including an extended gripping section for rotating said lever, said lever including a support arm with a horizontal segment extending outwardly from each of said first and second sides of said lever and a vertical segment extending downwardly from each of said horizontal segments adjacent to a portion of said housing to limit said lever from rotating in a plane outside of said first plane.
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