Stacked electrical card connector assembly
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorSuower Hu
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Abstract
A stacked electrical card connector assembly (1) includes a first electrical card connector (2), a second electrical card connector (3), a pair of boardlocks (4), and a pair of grounding members (5). The boardlocks engagingly stack the two electrical card connectors together, and protrude below the second electrical card connector for fixing to a PCB. The boardlocks thus securely fix the two electrical card connectors to the PCB.
Claims7
A stacked electrical card connector assembly for mounting on a circuit substrate, the stacked electrical card connector assembly comprising:
- a first electrical card connector comprising a first frame adapted to receive a first electrical card;
- a second electrical card connector in stacked engagement with the first electrical card connector, and comprising a second frame adapted to receive a second electrical card;
- and
- at least one boardlock comprising a retention portion, a fastening portion positioned parallel to the retention portion and a connecting portion adapted to connect the retention portion and the fastening portion;
- wherein the retention portion of the boardlock extends through the first frame of the first electrical card connector and the second frame of the second electrical card connector to fix the first and the second electrical card connectors together, and the fastening portion of the boardlock extends into the circuit substrate to fasten the stacked electrical card connector assembly thereon.
A stacked electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a first card connector defining a first frame with a first space therein for receiving a first card therein;
- a second card connector stacked upon the first connector and defining a second frame with a second space therein for receiving a second card therein;
- a grounding member including first and second securing tabs fixed to the first and second frame, respectively, and first and second grounding tangs extending into the corresponding first and second spaces, respectively, for engagement with the corresponding first and second cards;
- wherein
- a fork-like fastener extends downwardly around a bottom portion of the grounding member beyond the first connector for latchable engagement with a printed circuit board on which said stacked first and second connectors are seated.
A stacked electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a first connector defining a first frame;
- a pair of first vertical slots defined in the first frame;
- a second connector stacked upon the first connector and defining a second frame;
- a pair of second slots defined in the second frame and vertically aligned with the first pair of slots, respectively;
- and
- a board lock being of generally a U-shaped configuration including first and second legs, each of said legs extending through the corresponding first and second slots of said first and second pairs of slots;
- wherein
- the first leg includes barbs respectively engage the first and second frames, respectively, and the second leg is free relative to the first and second frame in the corresponding first and second slots while extending downwardly beyond the first connector with projections for latchable engagement with a printed circuit board on which the stacked first and second connectors are seated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.