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US 6,645,012 B2Granted
Card edge connector comprising a housing and a plurality of contacts
AssigneeYamaichi Electrics Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshiyasu Ito, Yasuhiro Ono
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Abstract
Each of the contacts comprises a plurality of stacked contact pieces. The contact portions of each of the stacked contact pieces are allocated in the direction of the length of the contact within a size of the corresponding pad. This arrangement can minimize a temperature rise in the contact.
Claims8
A card edge connector electrically connecting to a card type circuit board, wherein the card type circuit board has a plurality of contact pads arrayed on at least one of surfaces of an edge portion thereof, the card edge connector comprising:
- a housing having a slot into which the card type circuit board is inserted;
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- a plurality of contacts, each comprising a plurality of stacked contact pieces, each of the stacked contact pieces having a fixed portion to be fixed in the housing, a connecting portion extending from the fixed portion in one direction, a spring portion extending from the fixed portion in another direction and being elastically displaceable, and a contact portion at a free end of the spring portion;
- wherein the contact portions of the plurality of contact pieces are allocated in the direction of the length of the contact within a size of the corresponding contact pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.