Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Chien-Sen Huang

Yuh-Huey Kang

Zhi-Kai Guo

I-Hsin Chen

An electrical connector ( ) includes a dielectric housing ( ), a plurality of terminals ( ) received in the housing, and a retention mechanism ( ) pivotally attached to the housing. The housing defines a plurality of terminal-passages ( ) and first mating members ( ). Each of terminals includes a bent portion ( ). The retention mechanism has an elongate stopper member ( ). A pair of cantilevers ( ) depends from the stopper member. A second mating member ( ) is formed on each of the cantilevers, for engaging one of the first mating members. Thus the stopper member is rotatable between a first position in which the stopper is protected from thermal warp or deformation, and a second position in which the terminals are secured in the corresponding terminal-passages.

Electrical connector with terminal retention mechanism

A mold for forming a dielectric housing for a card edge connector, wherein the housing has an elongated body defining a central slot for receiving a lower edge of a memory module. The elongated body has two lateral ends each formed with a tower for pivotably receiving an ejector for latching or ejecting the memory module received by the connector. A number of contact passageways are defined beside the slot for receiving a number of contacts therein for electrically engaging with golden fingers on the lower edge of the memory module. The mold has a gate located proximate to a lateral end face of one of the towers of the housing to be formed by the mold, and a number of core pins in the cavity for forming the contact passageways. The core pins located nearest to the gate have a cross section larger than that of the other core pins so that they are strong enough to withstand a fluctuation of a high pressure for injecting molten plastics into the mold.

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Chien-Sen Huang