Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100035473 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR HAVING AN IMPROVED SPACER - A card edge connector ( | 02-11-2010 |
20100105248 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN EJECTOR RETAINED AT A SIDE WALL THEREOF - A card edge connector ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100317234 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SOLDERING PORTIONS OF TERMINALS - A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defining a central slot, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall. The first terminals each defines a first level soldering portion extend out of the first side wall in a width direction of the insulative housing. The second terminals each defines a second level soldering portion merely under the insulative housing to closer to the first soldering portions for occupying less area of a mother board. | 12-16-2010 |
20110021053 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110034055 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED METAL HOOK - A card edge connector ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110053400 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110076868 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing, a number of contacts and a retainer retained to the housing. The housing has a pair of side walls, a central slot between the side walls and a first tower upwardly extending at one end thereof The first tower defines a first U-shaped cavity downwardly extending from a top end thereof and a mounting slot upwardly extending from a lower end thereof and located at outside of the first cavity. The first cavity communicates with the central slot along a length direction of the housing to receive the electronic card. The retainer has a non-flexible fastening portion retained in the mounting slot and a flexible locking barb obliquely protruding into the first cavity from a top end of the fastening portion to lock with the electronic card. | 03-31-2011 |
20110086552 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED COVER - A card edge connector comprises an insulative housing defining a front mating face and a central slot recessed rearwardly from the mating face. A plurality of contacts each has a contact portion exposed into the central for mating with a complementary connector and a solder tail exposed to outside of the housing. A cover is assembled to a rear side of the housing. A spacer sandwiched between the housing and the cover along a front-to-rear direction. The spacer defines a plurality of through holes through which the solder tails of the contacts passing. | 04-14-2011 |
20110097913 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED LATCH MECHANISM - A card edge connector for use with an electronic card, comprises an elongated housing having a pair of opposed side walls along a lengthwise direction, a central slot between the side walls, a tower portion upwardly extending at one end thereof. The central slot extends into the tower portion along the lengthwise direction to define a trench for receiving a side edge of the electronic card. A latch mechanism is retained in the tower portion, and has a locking projection protruding into the trench to lock with the electronic card. | 04-28-2011 |
20110104926 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED BOARD LOCK - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a mating face, a mounting face, a pair of side walls, a elongated central slot recessed downwardly from the mating face, a first end wall and a second end wall, the central slot being positioned between the side walls, the first end wall and the second end wall, the side walls include a plurality of passageways communicating with the central slot; a plurality of contacts being retained in the passageways respectively and protruding into the central slot; a metal board lock extending downwardly through the first end wall and being attached to the first end wall; a retainer attached to the first end wall to mating with a corresponding card; the board lock is sandwiched between the retainer and the first end wall. | 05-05-2011 |
20110117768 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing, a number of contacts and a retainer disposed in the housing. The housing has a center slot extending along a lengthwise direction of the housing and a first tower section at one end thereof. The retainer is rotatably retained in the first tower section and does not extend beyond the first tower along the lengthwise direction, a thickness direction of the housing and a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the electronic card. The retainer has a locker to lock the electronic card and at least a spring sandwiched between the locker and an outer wall of the first tower section to make the locker automatically move in the lengthwise direction in an insertion process of the electronic card. | 05-19-2011 |
20110136388 | STRADDLE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing and a number of contacts retained in the housing. Each contact has a retaining portion retained in the housing, a contact portion forwardly extending from a front end of the retaining portion and a connecting portion backwardly extending from a rear end of the retaining portion. The contacts are arranged in two rows and formed with a first receiving space between two rows of contact portions to receive a module and a second receiving space between two rows of connecting portions to receive a mother board. The first receiving space defines a first centre line along an insertion direction of the module. The second receiving space defines a second centre line which is parallel to the first centre line and offset to the first centre line along an up to down direction perpendicular to the insertion direction. | 06-09-2011 |
20110143563 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR HAVING A SPRING MEMBER FOR LOCKING WITH A MODULE - A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing having a receiving slot formed therein and extending in a longitudinal direction for insertion of a module; a set of contacts retained in the insulative housing and protruding into the receiving slot for mating with the module; an ejector rotatably attached to one longitudinal end of the insulative housing for latching with or ejecting the module; and a spring member retained in the other longitudinal end of the insulative housing and having a pair of resilient locking arms for locking with the module. | 06-16-2011 |
20110177707 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing, a plurality of contacts retained to the housing, and a retainer located at one end of the housing along an elongated direction of the housing. The housing has a pair of side walls and a central slot between the side walls. The retainer has a resilient retention arm and a rigid stop arm diverging from the retention arm along a transverse direction perpendicular to the elongated direction. The retention arm has a locking section extending along the elongated direction to lock a daughter board and an operating section obliquely extending from the locking section along a third direction different from both elongated direction and transverse direction. The stop arm has an abutting section behind the operating section along a fourth direction perpendicular to the operating section to limit a deflection of the operating section. | 07-21-2011 |
20120088375 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CENTRAL SLOT - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing extending along an elongated direction thereof, and having a first housing half, a second housing half being discrete from the first housing half, and a central slot formed between the first and the second housing halves. A plurality of contacts are retained in the housing, and each has a contact portion protruding into the central slot. A width of the central slot could be adjusted before mounting the card edge connector to a mother board for receiving different daughter boards with different thicknesses. | 04-12-2012 |
20120108092 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED EJECTOR MECHANISM - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing, the housing extends along a longwise direction thereof and has a pair of opposed side walls, a central slot between the side walls, and a tower portion disposed at one end thereof. A plurality of contacts are retained in the housing. An ejector mechanism is rotatable retained in the housing and has a body portion, a flexible arm divided from the body portion and a locking protrusion located on the flexible arm. The lock protrusion is adapted to resist the tower portion during the ejector mechanism rotates with respect to the housing. | 05-03-2012 |
20120156912 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector for mating with a corresponding daughter card | 06-21-2012 |
20120164859 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing extending along a lengthwise direction thereof and having a pair of opposed side walls, and a central slot between the side walls. A plurality of contacts are retained in the housing and exposed to the central slot. A pair of ejector mechanisms are rotatable retained on two opposite ends of the housing. A pair of auxiliary insulators are attached to the ejector mechanisms, respectively. A tie wrap is located on the auxiliary insulators to urge the auxiliary insulators to prevent the ejector mechanisms from rotating. | 06-28-2012 |
20120244734 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH FLOATABLE GROUNDING PADS - A card edge connector for connecting a card to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and a pair of grounding pads. The insulative housing has a lengthwise base portion having a card-receiving slot and a pair of locating arms having an extending portion which extends forwardly from the base portion. The contacts are retained in the insulative housing and extend into the card-receiving slot to electrically contact with the inserted card. The grounding pads each include a main body which has a frame and a solder pad. The locating arms each further include a spring fork-shaped locking portion extending from the extending portion for preventing the grounding pad releasing from the corresponding locating arm when the frame of the grounding pad is securely seated in the extending portion from the locking portion. | 09-27-2012 |
20120329301 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED EJECTOR - A card edge connector ( | 12-27-2012 |
20130040476 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130059455 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector | 03-07-2013 |
20130084723 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector | 04-04-2013 |
20130095679 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED EJECTOR - A card edge connector ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130109208 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED LOCK MECHANISM | 05-02-2013 |
20130237104 | TERMINAL AND STRIP THEREOF WITH IMPROVED TEARING STRUCTURE - A terminal strip includes a number of terminals and a strip connecting the terminals. The terminal has a body, a soldering portion extending downwardly from the body and a spring beam extending upwardly from the body. The strip has a number of slots defined during punching the soldering portion thereof. The body has a bottom edge and a connecting portion connecting with the soldering portion. A breaking cut is formed in the connecting place between the bottom edge and the strip. The breaking cut is distributed into a number of slots connecting with each other. The configuration of the breaking slot can make several slots each with a short tearing journey when the terminals are separated from the strip, that can improve the efficacy of the product yield. | 09-12-2013 |
20140170875 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH A METAL MEMBER - A card edge connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and an ejector retained the insulative housing to lock an electronic card. The insulative housing includes a central slot for receiving the electronic card and two end portions located on opposite sides of the central slot respectively. Said card edge connector also includes a metal member located on the end portion of the insulative for electrically connecting to the metal member. Thus, said card edge connector having a higher electrical function. | 06-19-2014 |
20140287608 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED RETAINER AND RETAINER THEREOF - A card edge connector includes a longitudinal housing with a pair of sidewalls and an inserting slot therebetween, a plurality of contacts and three metallic retainers, each of the retainers has a base portion retained in the insulative housing and a pair of board locks defining a central line L in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The retainer includes a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion disposed at both sides of the central lines L and different from each other. | 09-25-2014 |
20140363994 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH MOVABLE EJECTOR - A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing ( | 12-11-2014 |