Molex Corporation

Soichi Watanabe

Hideyuki Hirata

Disclosed is a card connector assembly comprising a shell assembly having upper and lower shells for accommodating a memory device in the form of a card, and a pin connector assembly including an insulating housing having signal pins mounted therein with connection pins adapted to be received in the memory device inserted in the associated shell. The pin connector assembly is a unitary molded housing having an upper and lower rows of signal terminals adapted to be soldered directly to a printed circuit board in a single soldering step. The shell assembly is adapted to be assembled to the pin connector assembly by way of interengaging slots and corresponding shell parts.

Card connector assembly

Disclosed is a card connector comprising a double-deck shell assembly having upper and lower shell compartments for accommodating memory devices in the form of cards, and a pin connector assembly having connection pins adapted to be received in receptacles of each memory device inserted in the associated shell compartment. The pin connector assembly is adapted to be soldered directly to a printed circuit board, and the shell assembly is adapted to be assembled to the connector assembly thus fixed on the printed circuit board. Also disclosed is an assembly method for such a card connector.

Disclosed is an improved card connector comprising a shell assembly and a pin connector assembly. The pin connector assembly includes an insulating housing mounting upper and lower rows of signal terminals and an upper and lower grounding terminal. The signal terminals include connection pins arranged in upper and lower rows and solder tails for connecting to an underlying printed circuit board. The upper grounding terminal includes a downwardly extending rear wall having window apertures formed therein. The upper rows of signal pins pass through the window apertures without contacting the grounding terminal and terminate at the solder tails. The upper and lower grounding terminals are electrically coupled, and a single row of DIP-type solder tails extending from the lower grounding terminals can be soldered to selected conductors on a printed circuit board to couple both of the grounding terminals to a ground circuit of the printed circuit board.

Card connector with improved grounding terminal

Disclosed is an improved card connector comprising a shell assembly and a pin connector assembly. The pin connector assembly includes an insulating housing having a plurality of signal terminals and grounding terminals mounted therein. Connection pins of the signal terminals are arranged in upper and lower rows in the insulating housing. The grounding terminals are arranged parallel to the connection pins at upper and lower levels. The upper and lower grounding terminals are electrically coupled by way of coupling contacts, and a single row of DIP-type solder tails extending from the lower grounding terminals can be soldered to selected conductors on a printed circuit board to couple both grounding terminals to the ground circuit of the circuit board.

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Yokahoma, Japan

Soichi Watanabe