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US 6,475,005 B2Granted
Electrical card connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHung-Chi Yu
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AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHung-Chi Yu
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An electrical card connector (100) comprises an insulative housing (200) having a base (201) and a pair of side arms (203) parallelly extending forward from two sides of the base, a number of terminals (300) received in the base of the insulative housing, a shell (600) covering the insulative housing and comprising a body (601) and a pair of sidewalls (603) extending vertically from opposite sides of the body, and an ejector (500) mounted to one of the two sidewalls of the shell and a grounding plate (400). Each sidewall integrally forms an opening (605) and a stamped spring arm (606) connected with two opposite peripheral edges of the opening and bent inward to extend as a crossbeam therebetween so as to electrically connect with IC card which inserts in the electrical card connector and perform ESD function.
An electrical card connector, comprising:
An electrical card connector, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Feeding or discharging cards: using an arrangement for ejection of an inserted card
The record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card: feeding or discharging cards
Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices , e.g. anti-static shielding: electrostatic discharge protection
Shield structure: with resilient means for engaging mating connector
Term ended 25 Apr 2021 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrical card connector mounted onto a printed circuit board (PCB), and particularly to an electrical card connector having an improved shell.
2. Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an electrical card connector in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a portion of a connector shell;
FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 1; and
Referring to FIG. 1, an electrical card connector 100 in accordance with the present invention comprises an insulative housing 200, a plurality of terminals 300, an ejector 500 and a shell 600. Usually, a grounding plate 400 is also present in such type of card connector.
The insulative housing 200 comprises a base 201 and a pair of side arms 203 parallelly extending forward from two sides of the base 201. The terminals 300 are received in the base 201 of the insulative housing 200. An engaging section 301 of each terminal 300 extends from the front end of the base 201 and a mounting portion 303 of each terminal 300 extends from the rear end of the base 201. The engaging sections 301 can electrically connect with an IC card (not shown) and the mounting portions 303 can electrically connect the terminals 300 onto a printed circuit board (not shown).
The grounding plate 400 comprises a contacting portion 401 and a plurality of contacting legs 402 extending vertically downward from the rear side of the contacting portion 401.