Card connector
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorsChih-Hui Hsia, L. W. Lu
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Abstract
A memory card connector which comprises a header and a carrier connected to the header, wherein the header is provided with a plurality of pins extended in both inward and outward directions. The inward pins are used for inserting a memory card to be received in the carrier. A vertical circuit board is electrically and securely connected to the outward pins of the header. The lower end of the vertical circuit board is detachably inserted into a female connector securely mounted to the surface of a mainboard for electrical connection. The height of the circuit board can be set according to the requirement of a specific application of the memory card connector so that the space between the memory card connector and the mainboard can be properly utilized.
Claims8
A card connector for connecting cards to a main circuit board, comprising:
- (a) a header for a first card having a plurality of pins;
- (b) a circuit board having upper and lower ends and positioned generally transverse to the main circuit board and connected to the pins in said header for said first card;
- (c) a connector mounted on the main circuit board wherein the lower end of the circuit board is detachably engaged with said connector;
- (d) a header for a second card positioned in spaced parallel relation to said first header and having a plurality of pins;
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- (e) a second circuit board for connecting said header for said second card connector to said main circuit board.
A connector system for connecting PC cards to a main circuit board, comprising:
- a pair of stacked PC card connectors mounted to the main circuit board, each having a header with a plurality of terminals;
- at least one circuit board engaging said plurality of terminals of said pair of PC card connectors and arranged generally transverse to said main circuit board;
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- a card edge connector secured to said main circuit board and adapted to receive said at least one circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.