Electrical card connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHung-Chi Yu
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Abstract
A PCMCIA card connector (1) includes a dielectric housing (20) and a plurality of first and second terminals (31, 32) received in the dielectric housing. The dielectric housing defines a front mating face (25) for engaging with an electronic card (not shown) and a rear face 23 opposite the mating face. The first and second terminals have solder tails (31c, 32c) for soldering to a printed circuit board (4). The solder tails of the first terminals extend forwardly beyond the mating face. The solder tails of the second terminals extend rearwards beyond the rear face.
Claims5
An electrical card connector for interconnecting an electronic card with a printed circuit board on which the electrical card connector is mounted, comprising:
- a dielectric housing defining a front mating face for mating with the electronic card and a rear face opposite to the mating face;
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- a plurality of first and second terminals received in the dielectric housing, each terminal defining a contact portion, a mounting portion and a solder tail, the contact portion of the first terminal having front and rear halves, the front half extending forwardly beyond the mating face for mating with the electronic card while the rear half being received in the housing, the contact portion of the second terminal extending forwardly beyond the mating face for mating with the electronic card, the mounting portion extending into the housing from an upper vertical portion of the solder tail and forming protrusions biting into the housing for securing to the housing, the solder tails of the first terminals extending forwardly beyond the mating face for soldering to the printed circuit board and the solder tails of the second terminals extending rearwards beyond the rear face for soldering to the printed circuit board.
An electrical card connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing having a front face and rear face opposite to said front face;
- upper and lower rows of terminals disposed in the housing;
- each of the terminals in the upper row including a first contact portion extending from the rear face toward and beyond the front face, a first solder tail downwardly from a rear end of the first contact portion along a rear face, and a first mounting portion extending from the first solder tail forwardly into the housing for retaining the corresponding terminals in the housing;
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- each of the terminals in the lower row including a second contact portion extending from the front face forwardly away from the rear face and exposed outside said front face, a second solder tail downwardly extending from a rear end of the second contact portion along the front face, and a second mounting portion rearwardly extending from the second solder tail into the housing for retaining the corresponding terminal in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.