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Angled card edge connector

US5511985A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 1994
Grant dateApr 30, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R12/716
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card edge connector comprising a housing, electrical contacts, and ejectors. The housing has a middle section with a card edge receiving area, two guide projections at opposite ends of the middle section, and a keeper section. The electrical contacts extend from the middle section, through the keeper, to a bottom of the housing. The housing is suitably configured to receive a daughter printed circuit board at an angle of about 30.degree. relative to a mother printed circuit board. The ejectors are adapted to lock the daughter board to the connector and, eject the daughter board from the connector.

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