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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2011
Cary M. Huettner, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph Kuczynski, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert E. Meyer, Iii, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark D. Plucinski, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy J. Tofil, Rochester, MN (US);
Cary M. Huettner, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph Kuczynski, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert E. Meyer, III, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark D. Plucinski, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy J. Tofil, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, method and computing device including a card edge contact system is provided. A card edge connector housing for receiving a card is provided. A substrate is provided and spaced a distance away from a housing base portion of the card edge connector housing to form a space therebetween. Contact pins collectively defining an upper contact section, a lower contact section and a compliant section connecting the upper and lower contact sections are disposed within the card edge connector housing and the substrate. The upper contact section has an open end with a restricted contact portion for contacting the card. The resilient, compliant section is disposed within the space and is configured to compress to absorb a force from the substrate that would otherwise be transmitted to the upper contact section via the lower contact section.