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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. 17, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideyuki Hirata, Yokohama, JP;
Soichi Watanabe, Yokahoma, JP;
Assignee:
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4395415 ; 439 79 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a card connector comprising a double-deck shell assembly having upper and lower shell compartments for accommodating memory devices in the form of cards, and a pin connector assembly having connection pins adapted to be received in receptacles of each memory device inserted in the associated shell compartment. The pin connector assembly is adapted to be soldered directly to a printed circuit board, and the shell assembly is adapted to be assembled to the connector assembly thus fixed on the printed circuit board. Also disclosed is an assembly method for such a card connector.