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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Hideyuki Hirata, Yokohama, JP;
Soichi Watanabe, Yokahoma, JP;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved card connector comprising a shell assembly and a pin connector assembly. The pin connector assembly includes an insulating housing having a plurality of signal terminals and grounding terminals mounted therein. Connection pins of the signal terminals are arranged in upper and lower rows in the insulating housing. The grounding terminals are arranged parallel to the connection pins at upper and lower levels. The upper and lower grounding terminals are electrically coupled by way of coupling contacts, and a single row of DIP-type solder tails extending from the lower grounding terminals can be soldered to selected conductors on a printed circuit board to couple both grounding terminals to the ground circuit of the circuit board.