Amp LLC

The Whitaker Corporation

Robert Wayne Elicker

John W Kaufman

Daniel Lee Gorenc

Thomas J Zola

Edgar Charles Gorman

Peter C deJong

A memory card connector (50) is disclosed having an upper card receiving cavity (164) and a lower card receiving cavity (170). Upper and lower pin headers (56, 60) are attached to upper and lower ejectors (110, 112) to form the two cavities (164, 170). Each cavity is defined by right and left side walls (118, 120, 158, 160) interconnected by a lateral member (122, 162) extending along a major side (168, 174) of the cavity. The upper cavity (164) has one major side (166), opposite the lateral member (122), that is open so that a Type III memory card (200), when inserted into the cavity in mated engagement with the connector, can project through the open major side (166).

Memory card connector

An electrical connector assembly (10) includes first and second matable connectors (12,52), each having a housing (14,54) with at least two rows of teminal-receiving passageways (32,72) extending between mating and mounting faces thereof, each having a terminal member (34,74) mounted therein. One connector (12) further includes an elongate electrically conductive ground bus means (40) extending between two rows of terminal members (34) and securable to the housing (14). The ground bus means (40) includes first ground engagement means (42) adapted to electrically engage a ground means of the assembly. The ground bus means (40) further has means (44) for securing the respective housing (14) to a circuit board (96) and concomitantly therewith electrically interconnect the bus means 40 to respective circuits thereof. The other connector (52) includes a ground contact (80) having second ground engagement means (88) adapted to electrically engage the first ground engagement (42) means upon mating the connectors (12,52). The ground contact (80 ) further including means (90) for securing the connector (52) to a second circuit board (102) and concomitantly therewith electrically interconnect the ground contact (80) to ground means of the assembly. The first and second ground engagement means (42,88) are exposed along respective connector mating faces (16,56) and are adapted to go past each other and bear against each other under spring bias when the connectors (12,52) are mated.

Grounded electrical connector assembly

A biased floating mount connector (10) when mounted to a panel (48) assumes a biased first position prior to mating with a complementary connector (26) and is capable of moving against the bias in a plane transverse to axial alignment of contacts therein to a second position during mating with the complementary connector (26).

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Robert Wayne Elicker