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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
May. 24, 1994
David J Fabian, Mount Joy, PA (US);
Michael A Viselli, Middletown, PA (US);
John E Westman, Harrisburg, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A surface mountable card edge connector 10 includes a housing 16 having a transverse base 18 and opposed endwalls 28; a generally C-shaped outer shell member 44; a generally C-shaped inner support member 60; two resilient members 76 disposed in channels 74 defined between portions of the shell and support members 44,60; and a flexible film circuit assembly 80. Free ends 56 of the shell member 44 define a card receiving slot 58 of selected width greater than the thickness of a card 112 insertable thereinto. Facing portions 78 of each the resilient members 76 extend into the card receiving slot 58. The film assembly 80 is disposed in a loop extending into the card receiving slot 58 and around the sides 19 of the shell member 44 such that exposed circuitry 88,90 at selected regions of the film assembly 80 is located in the card receiving slot 58 and proximate the resilient members 76. Upon inserting a circuit board 112 having circuit pads 114 thereon in registry with the circuitry of the film assembly 80 into the card receiving slot 58, the resilient members 76 provide normal force to maintain electrical interconnection therebetween.