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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
Emanuel G Banakis, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard A Hays, Montgomery, IL (US);
Kenneth F Janota, Lisle, IL (US);
Harold Keith Lang, Fox River Grove, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A grounding system is provided for a card-receiving header connector assembly. The header connector assembly includes a header connector mounted on a printed circuit board for receiving an IC card. The IC card includes a receptacle connector and a receptacle shield. A plurality of terminals are mounted within the header connector and are adapted for mating to terminals of the receptacle connector of the IC card. A grounding shroud is mounted on the header connector and includes a main body plate and a plurality of ground contact portions formed therein for engaging corresponding contacts on the receptacle shield of the IC card. The ground contact portions each are formed by a generally C-shaped spring arm having opposite ends joined to the main body plate of the shroud, with a portion of the spring arm between the ends being formed downwardly for asymmetrically engaging the contacts on the receptacle shield of the IC card.