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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1996
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A card edge connector (10) includes an insulative elongated housing (12) defining a central slot (14) for receiving a card (100). A plurality of passageways (16) are formed by two sides of the central slot (14) for receiving a corresponding number of contacts (18) therein. An upstanding high retention device (20) positioned at either opposite end of the housing (12), includes a pair of side arms (24) for transversely sandwiching the side edge portion (104) of the card, and an engagement arm (36) positioned between such pair of side arms (24) for longitudinally abutting against the side edge (106) of the card (100) whereby the card (100) is reliably and efficiently retained in the housing (12) by the retention device (20).
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