Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Ting-Shun Liu

Xue-Wu Bu

Hai-Fei Guan

Zhuang-Xing Li

Ze-Lin Yao

Wen-Jun Tang

Xiao-Zhi Fu

Xue-Hai Shen

De-Xi Chen

Sheng-Yu Wu

A card edge connector () includes a longitudinal insulative housing (), a set of contacts (), and an ejector () rotatablely attached the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a longitudinal direction and a thickness direction, the insulative housing has a central slot (). The contacts have contacting portions () arranged at two sides of the central slot () in the thickness direction. The ejector () includes a main portion (), an ejecting portion () extending from a first end of the main portion and along the longitudinal direction, a locking portion () extending from a second end of the main portion opposite to the first end and along the longitudinal direction, and a lever portion () extending from the second end and along the thickness direction.

Card edge connector having improved ejector

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a mating face, a mounting face, a pair of side walls, a elongated central slot recessed downwardly from the mating face, a first end wall and a second end wall, the central slot being positioned between the side walls, the first end wall and the second end wall, the side walls include a plurality of passageways communicating with the central slot; a plurality of contacts being retained in the passageways respectively and protruding into the central slot; a metal board lock extending downwardly through the first end wall and being attached to the first end wall; a retainer attached to the first end wall to mating with a corresponding card; the board lock is sandwiched between the retainer and the first end wall.

Electrical connector with an improved board lock

A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing, a number of contacts and a retainer retained to the housing. The housing has a pair of side walls, a central slot between the side walls and a first tower upwardly extending at one end thereof. The first tower defines a first U-shaped cavity downwardly extending from a top end thereof and a mounting slot upwardly extending from a lower end thereof and located at outside of the first cavity. The first cavity communicates with the central slot along a length direction of the housing to receive the electronic card. The retainer has a non-flexible fastening portion retained in the mounting slot and a flexible locking barb obliquely protruding into the first cavity from a top end of the fastening portion to lock with the electronic card.

Card edge connector with an improved retainer

A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing having a receiving slot formed therein and extending in a longitudinal direction for insertion of a module; a set of contacts retained in the insulative housing and protruding into the receiving slot for mating with the module; an ejector rotatably attached to one longitudinal end of the insulative housing for latching with or ejecting the module; and a spring member retained in the other longitudinal end of the insulative housing and having a pair of resilient locking arms for locking with the module.

Card edge connector having a spring member for locking with a module

A connector includes an insulative housing having a pair of side walls with a central slot formed therebetween, a set of terminals including first terminals and second terminals and an ejector. Each side wall has a set of passageways. Each first terminal has a first contacting portion protruding into the central slot, a first tail portion mounted on a PCB, and a first connecting portion. The first connecting portions and the first tail portions are arranged in two rows.

Connector having an improved fastener

Eject mechanism

A card edge connector () for receiving a module () includes an elongated insulative housing () having a receiving slot () for receiving the module and at least one arm portion () positioned at one end of the insulative housing. The arm portion () has a pair of side walls () and a recess () located therebetween. Each side wall has a stopper () extending in the recess. A sets of terminals () are mounted on said insulative housing and extend into the receiving slot thereof. A latch () is adapted to be rotatably received in the recess (). The latch includes an ejecting portion () for ejecting the module out of the receiving slot, a locking portion () for locking the module into the receiving slot and a pair of projections () formed on opposite sides thereof for cooperating with the stoppers (). The projection () has a side surface () coated with a lubricant film () thereon for interfering engagement with the stopper () when the latch is rotated inwardly.

Electrical connector having an ejector for locking and ejecting a module

A card edge connector () for receiving a module () includes an elongated insulative housing () having a pair of elongated side walls, a central slot () extending therebetween for insertion of the module, and a receiving slot () formed on one of the side walls and communicating with the central slot. A group of terminals () are positioned in the side walls and extend into the central slot thereof. A latch () is rotatably received in the receiving slot for locking the module in the insulative housing at a first position and for ejecting the module out of the insulative housing at a second position. The latch has a main body () and a stopping device () projecting from the main body to engage with an upper surface () of the insulative housing when the latch is at the first and second position, thereby preventing the latch from over-rotating beyond the first and second positions.

Card edge connector with an improved latch

A card edge connector () includes an elongate insulative housing (), a plurality of signal contacts () and a pair of power contacts () retained in the insulative housing (). The insulative housing () defines a pair of opposed side walls () and a central slot () between the side walls (). Each side wall () defines a plurality of passageways () communicating with the central slot (). Each signal contact () has an engaging portion () exposed to the central slot (.) Each power contact () has a securing portion () retained in the insulative housing (), a plurality of contact portions () extending upwardly and sidewardly into the central slot () from the securing portion () and arranged in a row along a length direction of the insulative housing (), and at least one tail portion () extending downwardly from another end of the securing portion ().

Card edge connector with power contacts

A card edge connector () for receiving a module (), includes an insulative housing () having a receiving slot () for receiving the module and a pair of arm portions () located at opposite ends thereof. Each arm portion has a pair of side walls () and a resilient arm () with a retaining embossment () for locking the module. The side walls are integrally formed on the insulative housing and include a projection (). A number of terminals () are mounted on said insulative housing and extend into the receiving slot thereof. A pair of latches () are attached to the arm portions and move with the resilient arms. Each latch includes a base () and a stopping plate () extending from the base. The stopping plates engage with said projections of the side walls thereby open said resilient arms when the module detaches from the card edge connector.

Card edge connector with a metallic reinforcement piece

A card edge connector () for receiving a memory card () includes an insulative housing () and a number of terminals () retained therein. The insulative housing () includes an elongated base () extending along a longitudinal direction thereof and a pair of tower section () extending upwardly from opposite ends of the base (). The base () defines a receiving slot () for receiving the memory card () and two rows of contact receiving channels () communicated with the slot (). Each tower section () includes a pair of opposed arms () and a cavity () located therebetween. The arm () has a cantilever type resilient finger () formed from an inner wall of the arm () and extending downwardly for sandwiching the memory card (), and a locking projection () at an upper portion thereof to engage with a notch () of the memory card ().

Card edge connector with a locking projection and a resilient finger

A card edge connector () for receiving a module () includes an elongated insulative housing () having a central slot () for receiving a bottom edge of the module and an arm portion () coupled to an end of the insulative housing. The arm portion includes a pair of side walls () with a retaining slot () formed therebetween for receiving a side edge of the module and a latch () located between the side walls and integrally extending upwardly from the insulative housing. The latch has a resilient arm () defining a retaining embossment () for latching the module and a gripping portion () for rotating the resilient arm. A number of terminals () are mounted on the insulative housing and extend into the central slot for electrical connection to the module.

Card edge connector with latch

A card edge connector () includes an insulative housing () having a pair of side walls () with a central slot () formed therebetween and a number of upper cavities () and lower cavities (), the central slot defining a central line () along a middle portion thereof, the upper cavities and the lower cavities being located on opposite sides of the central line; a number of contacts each including a contacting portion () extending into the central slot, a soldering portion () extending out of the housing and a fixing portion () interconnecting the contacting portion and the soldering portion, said contacts having upper contacts and lower contacts received in the upper cavities and the lower cavities respectively, the lower contacts comprising a first row contacts () and a second row contacts (), the fixing portions () of the first row contacts and the fixing portions () of the second row contacts being located on opposite sides of the central line respectively.

Card edge connector

A card edge connector () for receiving a module comprises an insulative housing () having a pair of side walls () with a module-receiving slot () formed therebetween and a plurality of contact-receiving cavities () along the slot, and a pair of end walls () connected to the side walls; a plurality of contacts () retained in the corresponding cavities and having contacting portions () extending into the slot for engaging with the module; an ejector () pivotally mounted on the housing and having a gripping portion () which can be deformed toward the side wall along an insertion direction of the module, and a locking portion () for locking with the module; and a block () movably mounted on the housing and connected to the ejector to eject the module out of the slot in response to an outward rotation of the ejector.

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