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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2011
John Eugene Westman, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Brian Keith Mcmaster, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Michael Frank Cina, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
John Eugene Westman, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Brian Keith McMaster, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Michael Frank Cina, Elizabethtown, 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 a card slot. The card slot is configured to receive the card edge of the PCB therein. The card slot includes opposing first and second sides. Signal contacts are held by the housing. The signal contacts include signal mating segments arranged in opposing first and second rows that extend along the opposing first and second sides, respectively, of the card slot. The signal mating segments are arranged in differential signal pairs, wherein the signal mating segments within a differential pair are arranged within the same row of the first and second rows. A ground contact is held by the housing. The ground contact includes a base and first and second ground mating segments that extend outwardly from the base. The first and second ground mating segments are arranged along the first and second sides, respectively, of the card slot such that the first and second ground mating segments are configured to engage the card edge therebetween. The first and second ground mating segments include springs that resiliently deflect when engaged by the card edge.