Connector and portable electronic device using the same
AssigneeChi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorWei-Kuo Shih
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Abstract
A connector (20) is coupled with a circuit board (10) of a portable electronic device, and the circuit board includes a board hole (12) therein and a plurality of conductive pads (14) thereon, adjacent the board hole. The connector includes a housing (22) and a plurality of conducting terminals (24). The housing has an open end and includes a top wall (222) and sidewall (224), with the top wall and the sidewall together co-operatively defining a cavity (220). The plurality of conducting terminals is positioned near/proximate the open end of the housing. The housing is fixed with circuit board corresponding with the board hole and is electronically connected with the conductive pads via the conducting terminals.
Claims18
A connector connected with a circuit board of a portable electronic device, the circuit board having a plurality of conductive pads formed thereon, the connector comprising:
- a housing including a top wall, sidewalls, and a completely open bottom end, the top wall and the sidewalls together defining a cavity communicating with the open end of the housing;
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- a plurality of conducting terminals proximate the completely open bottom end of the housing, the conducting terminals being mounted in and extending from at least one sidewall of the housing;
- wherein the conducting terminals are electronically and mechanically connected with the conductive pads, and thereby the completely open end of the housing is fixed to the circuit board.
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a circuit board having a board hole therethrough and having a plurality of conductive pads formed thereon, around the board hole;
- a functional module including a plurality of conducting portions;
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- a connector including a housing and a plurality of conducting terminals, the housing comprising a top wall and sidewalls, the top wall and the sidewalls together define an open end and a cavity communicating with the open end, the conducting terminals are provided in the housing, near the open end thereof;
- wherein the open end of the housing is fixed to the circuit board extends into the board hole, the conducting terminals are electronically connected to the conductive pads, the connector is configured so as to hold the functional module in the cavity of the connector, and the conducting portions are electronically connected with the respective conductive pads of the circuit board via conducting terminals of the connector.
A connector connected with a circuit board of a portable electronic device, the circuit board having a plurality of conductive pads formed thereon, the connector comprising:
- a housing including a top wall and sidewalls, the top wall and the sidewalls together defining an open end of the housing and a cavity, the cavity being configured for receiving a functional module of the portable electronic device therein;
- a plurality of conducting terminals provided near the open end of the housing, the conducting terminals being mounted in and extending from at least one sidewall of the housing;
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- a gripping mechanism used for fixing the housing with the functional module;
- wherein the conducting terminals are electronically and mechanically connected with the conductive pads, and thereby the open end of the housing is fixed to the circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.