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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2008
Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Yamato, JP;
Yuichi Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuhiro Tomita, Yamato, JP;
Yuji Naito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoko Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Yamato, JP;
Yuichi Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuhiro Tomita, Yamato, JP;
Yuji Naito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoko Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A card adapter () is configured to receive a first card () and to be inserted into a card connector () into which a second card may be mated. The card adapter includes a housing having first () and second () intermateable insulative plate members and a circuit member () arranged in the housing. The circuit member includes a plurality of adapter side contact pads (), each being configured to contact a terminal of the card connector, and a plurality of conductive leads (), each lead extending between one of the adapter side contact pads and a termination end (). A plurality of connection terminals () are provided with each being interconnected to one of the termination ends of the conductive leads and configured to engage a contact pad () of the first card. The first plate member may include a plurality of deformable projections () configured to engage a first surface of the circuit member and press the circuit member against the second plate member. The circuit member may have a plurality of through-holes with the terminals having solder tails that extend into the through holes.