Card edge connector with durable key
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsHua Li, Xiao-Gao Yang, Zhen-Hua Wang
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Abstract
A card edge connector is adapted for connecting a card to a mother board, includes a housing made from insulating material. The housing includes a slot for receiving the card, a retaining hole communicating with the slot and a plurality of conductive contacts received in the housing. A metallic key is received in the retaining hole discretely and have a recess thereof. A retaining section includes a body portion received in the recess of the key and a leg to connect with the mother board.
Claims14
A card edge connector adapted for connecting a card to a mother board, comprising:
- a housing made from insulating material and comprising a slot for receiving the card, a retaining hole communicating with the slot;
- a plurality of conductive contacts received in the housing;
- a metallic key received in the retaining hole discretely, having a recess thereof;
- and
- a retaining section comprising a body portion received in the recess of the metallic key and a leg to connect with the mother board.
An electrical card edge connector for use with a card, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a central slot extending along a first direction;
- two rows of contacts respectively located by two sides of the central slot;
- a key inserted into the insulative housing along a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction and along which the card is allowed to be moved relative to the insulative housing, said key having a portion interrupting the central slot for receiving a notch of the card;
- and
- a board lock assembled to the insulative housing along a third direction perpendicular to said first direction and said second direction;
- wherein
- said key and said board lock is interengaged with each other.
An electrical card edge connector for use with a card, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a central slot extending along a first direction;
- two rows of contacts respectively located by two sides of the central slot;
- a key inserted into the insulative housing along a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction and along which the card is allowed to be moved relative to the insulative housing, said key having a portion interrupting the central slot for receiving a notch of the card;
- and
- a board lock assembled to the insulative housing along a third direction perpendicular to said first direction and said second direction;
- wherein
- said key is required to be assembled to a final position before said board lock is assembled to a final position, thus assuring the key is locked in position in the insulative housing;
- wherein said board lock is directly latchably engaged with the key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.