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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
David Stanley Szczesny, Hershey, PA (US);
Edmund Luther Jacobs, Harrisburg, PA (US);
David Keay Fowler, Boiling Springs, PA (US);
Edward Eugene Knisely, Jr., Middletown, PA (US);
David Stanley Szczesny, Hershey, PA (US);
Edmund Luther Jacobs, Harrisburg, PA (US);
David Keay Fowler, Boiling Springs, PA (US);
Edward Eugene Knisely, Jr., Middletown, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector for connecting a card edge module to a circuit board includes a housing that extends along a longitudinal axis between opposite first and second end portions. The housing including a card slot configured to receive a mating edge of the card edge module and a channel proximate one of the first and second end portions. A protective member is received in the channel and positioned to inhibit contact between a side edge of the card edge module and the one of the first and second end portions of the housing when the card edge module is loaded into the connector.