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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Daniel Robert Ringler, Elizabethville, PA (US);
Jeffrey George Pennypacker, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Robert Ringler, Elizabethville, PA (US);
Jeffrey George Pennypacker, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A card edge connector including a housing and a pair of extractors is disclosed for electrically connecting a first PCB such as a daughter card to a second PCB such as a motherboard. The extractors both secure and eject the daughter card from the connector. The extractors may be configured to reduce micro-motion of the daughter card by applying a vertical downward force thereto.