The Whitaker Corporation

David A Trout

Kevin E Walker

Earl William McCleerey

William E Spink

An electrical connector for electrical connection to a circuit board (,) and for receiving a module card (,) and an operating circuit card (,) comprises a dielectric housing (,) having adjacent card-receiving areas (,), first electrical contacts (,) mounted in the dielectric housing and having termination sections (,) for electrical connection with conductive members of the circuit board and contact sections (,) extending into one of the card-receiving areas (,) for electrical connection to conductive members of the module card (,) when inserted into the one of the card-receiving areas, and second electrical contacts (,) mounted in the dielectric housing and having contact portions (,) extending into the one of the card-receiving areas (,) for electrical connection with conductive members of the module card (,) and extending into the other of the card-receiving areas (,) for electrical connection with conductive members on the operating circuit card (,) when inserted into the other of the card-receiving areas (,).

Electrical connector for receiving module cards and an operating circuit card

Retention system (10) for guiding a processor module during mating, and retention thereafter, having a pair of retention members (12) with upper sections (20) pivotable from upright positions to recumbent positions with respect to lower sections (22) when a processor module is absent. Retention members (12) latch a module (16,100) therebetween upon full insertion into guide channels (52). Module (16) includes latching surfaces (78) that latch beneath latch surfaces (76) defined on a latch (70) that is deflectable outwardly to delatch. Module (100) includes latch projections (102) that seat in apertures (88) adjacent the guide channel entrance.

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Wrightsville, PA, United States of America

David A Trout