Card edge connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsJames M. Sabo, Kevin E. Walker, Brian J. Gillespie
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Abstract
The present invention provides an electrical connector (100) comprising a housing assembly (10, 20) defining a slot, a number of contacts (30) assembled to the housing assembly (10, 20), a carriage (80) up and down moveably assembled in the slot; and a latch arm (50) being pivotally mounted to an end of the carriage (80) and being up and down moveable with the carriage (80), wherein the latch arm (50) being pivotally moveable coupled with a downward movement together with the carriage (80), in response to insertion of a daughter card into the slot, from an upper position to a lower position.
Claims12
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing assembly defining a slot;
- a plurality of contacts assembled to the housing assembly;
- a carriage up and down moveably assembled in the slot;
- and
- a latch arm being pivotally mounted to an end of the carriage and being up and down moveable with the carriage, the latch arm being pivotally moveable coupled with a downward movement together with the carriage, in response to insertion of a daughter card into the slot, from an upper position to a lower position;
- and wherein the latch arm comprises a lower base portion and an upper flexible finger for extending into the slot.
A card edge connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a slot with at least one row of passageways located by one side of said slot;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively;
- and
- a carriage up and down moveably assembled into the central slot, said carriage defining associatively at least one moveable latch/release arm at one end;
- wherein
- said latch/release arm performs an unlocked manner when said carriage is located in an upper position with regard to the housing, and a locked manner when said carrier is located in a lower position;
- and wherein the latch arm comprises a lower base portion and an upper flexible finger for extending into the slot.
A card edge connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a slot with at least one row of passageways located one side of said slot;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively;
- and
- a carriage up and down moveably assembled into the central slot, said carriage defining associatively at least one moveable latch/release arm at one end with a locking head thereof;
- wherein
- at least one of said housing and said carriage defines a guiding device to forcibly urge the locking head of the latch/release arm to move inwardly for locking or outwardly for releasing;
- and wherein the latch/release arm comprises a lower base portion and an upper flexible finger for extending into the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.