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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Robert G McHugh, Evergreen, CA (US);
Foxconn International, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory card connector assembly has an upper and a lower stacked connectors (10) each including a generally H-shaped housing (12) comprising a main body (14) through which a plurality of contacts (120, 126, 134) extend in the front-to-back direction. Two parallel side guide arms (16, 18) are positioned at two ends of the main body (14) to form a first recess (30) for receiving an alignment comb (140) in the upper connector and an auxiliary socket (150) in the lower connector, and a second recess (38) for receiving a memory card therein. The contacts (134) of the upper connector (10) extend through the alignment comb (140) for horizontal alignment and through the auxiliary socket (150) for vertical alignment. Each connector 10 further comprises a sliding plate (72) operated by a lever (62) for extraction of the inserted memory card. Attached to the housing (12) is a reinforcement plate (100) with tangs (110) for removing electrostatic charge from the inserted card.