Card edge connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsZhuang-Xing Li, Xue-Hai Shen, Xiao-Zhi Fu, Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu
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Abstract
A card edge connector includes an elongated housing extending along a lengthwise direction thereof and having a pair of opposed side walls, and a central slot between the side walls. A plurality of contacts are retained in the housing and exposed to the central slot. A pair of ejector mechanisms are rotatable retained on two opposite ends of the housing. A pair of auxiliary insulators are attached to the ejector mechanisms, respectively. A tie wrap is located on the auxiliary insulators to urge the auxiliary insulators to prevent the ejector mechanisms from rotating.
Claims18
A card edge connector, comprising:
- an elongated housing extending along a lengthwise direction thereof and having a pair of opposed side walls, and a central slot between the side walls for receiving a memory card;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the housing and exposed to the central slot;
- a pair of ejector mechanisms rotatably retained on two opposite ends of the housing, and having a body portion, an operating portion and a locking head oppositely extending from a top end of the body portion in the lengthwise direction, respectively, and an ejecting portion inwardly extending from the body portion;
- a pair of auxiliary insulators attached to the ejector mechanisms, respectively;
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- a tie wrap linking the pair of auxiliary insulators together and limiting the auxiliary insulators to move outwardly away from each other so as to prevent the ejector mechanisms from rotating.
A card edge connector, comprising:
- an elongated housing having a pair of side walls, a central slot between the side walls for receiving a memory card, and a pair of tower portions upwardly from two opposite ends of the central slot in a lengthwise direction of the housing;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the housing and exposed to the central slot;
- a pair of ejector mechanisms retained in the tower portions, respectively, and being movable between an open position and a closed position, the ejector mechanisms each having a body portion, an operating portion and a locking head oppositely extending from a top end of the body portion in the lengthwise direction;
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- a pair of auxiliary insulators respectively assembled to the operating portions and isolated away from the tower portions;
- a tie wrap tying the auxiliary insulators together to prevent movement of ejector mechanisms from the closed position to the open position.
A card edge connector for retaining a daughter card therein, comprising:
- an elongated insulative housing defining a center slot extending along a lengthwise direction for receiving said daughter card therein;
- a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing by two sides of the center slot;
- a pair of ejectors located at two opposite ends of the housing in said lengthwise direction, each of said ejectors pivotally mounted to the housing about an rotation axis extending in a transverse direction perpendicular to said lengthwise direction and equipped with an upper locking lug for locking the daughter card in the housing and a lower kicker for ejecting the daughter card out of the housing;
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- a tie wrap extending along the lengthwise direction and dimensioned similar to the center slot along said lengthwise direction, said tie wrap defining in said lengthwise direction two opposite end regions each grasping around a top portion of the corresponding ejector;
- wherein
- said tie wrap is essentially located at a same level with the top portion of the ejector and configured for being spaced from the daughter card in the transverse direction in a top view when the daughter card is locked in the housing by said pair of ejectors;
- a pair of auxiliary covers respectively located upon the top portions of the corresponding ejectors, wherein the two end regions of the tie wrap are engaged thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.