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Card connector with reliable terminal mounting structure

US6382993B1 · kind B1 · utility

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1Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 2001
Grant dateMay 7, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R12/7094
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card connector includes a transverse base (20), a number of terminals (50) mounted in the transverse base, a longitudinal base (30), and a shell (10) shielding the bases and the terminals. Each terminal includes a planar mounting portion (503) molded in the transverse base, a contact portion (505) projecting into a card-receiving cavity (110) for being horizontally exerted on by a card (not shown) curing its insertion, and a tail portion (501) surface mounted to a printed circuit board (70). At least one of the terminals has a dip leg (504) projecting upwardly from the mounting portion and out of the transverse base for being secured to the printed circuit board (70).

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