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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2011
John Eugene Westman, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Brian Keith Mcmaster, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Edmund Luther Jacobs, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Edward Eugene Knisely, Jr., Middletown, PA (US);
Alan Anthony Kordas, Lewisberry, PA (US);
Craig William Clewell, Harrisburg, PA (US);
John Eugene Westman, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Brian Keith McMaster, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Edmund Luther Jacobs, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Edward Eugene Knisely, Jr., Middletown, PA (US);
Alan Anthony Kordas, Lewisberry, PA (US);
Craig William Clewell, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A card edge connector is provided for mating with a printed circuit board (PCB) having a card edge. The connector includes a housing having an elongate card slot and a mounting side. The card slot extends a slot length and is configured to receive the card edge of the PCB therein. The mounting side extends a side length and a width. The side length of the mounting side extends in a direction that extends along a direction of the slot length of the card slot. Signal contacts are held by the housing. The signal contacts include first signal contacts and second signal contacts. The first and second signal contacts have respective first and second signal mounting segments that are arranged in first and second signal rows, respectively, that extend along the side length of the mounting side of the housing. The first and second signal rows are spaced apart from each other along the width of the mounting side. Ground contacts are held by the housing. The ground contacts include ground mounting segments arranged in a ground row that extends along the side length of the mounting side. The ground row extends between the first and second signal rows along the width of the mounting side of the housing.