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US 6,547,577 B2Granted
Card edge connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsShinya Fujita, Hitoshi Okumura, Toshikazu Sakurai
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AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsShinya Fujita, Hitoshi Okumura, Toshikazu Sakurai
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In order to prevent terminal fittings of a card edge connector from short circuiting, a housing 11 is provided with a short circuit preventing member 50 made from insulating material. This short circuit preventing member 50 can be moved between a short circuit preventing position, between resilient contacts 42 of terminal fittings 40 provided at mutually opposing upper and lower locations, and a retreated position, which is to the posterior of the short circuit preventing position. Since the upper and lower terminal fittings 40 are prevented from short circuiting when the short circuit preventing member 50 is in the short circuit preventing position, the resilient contacts 42 are bendable to a greater degree, thus increasing their contacting force with contacts of a card edge connector.
A card edge connector comprising a housing having a slot adapted to receive the edge of a card having surface contacts, and opposed resilient terminals within said slot and adapted to grip said surface contacts, said connector further including a short circuit preventing member of electrically insulating material and a resilient latch, said preventing member being movable from an advanced position between said opposed terminals to a retreated position rearward of said opposite terminals, and said resilient latch being adapted to releasably retain said preventing member in the advanced and retreated positions.
A card edge connector comprising a housing having a slot adapted to receive the edge of a card having surface contacts, and opposed resilient terminals within said slot and adapted to grip said surface contacts, said connector further including a short circuit preventing member of electrically insulating material, said preventing member being movable from an advanced position between said opposed terminals to a retreated position rearward of said opposite terminals, and further including a support member having a card edge connector thereon, said support member and said housing being movable together and apart on an insertion axis, said support member and said preventing member having mutually engagable abutments whereby said preventing member is entrained for movement with said support member along said insertion axis between predetermined limits.
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