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Electrical card connector with at least a retention piece extending vertically from contact

US7955135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2009
Grant dateJun 7, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/6583
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card connector, comprising an insulative housing having a base, a plurality of passageways extending along a widthwise direction of the base, a plurality of retention slots defined on two lengthwise sides of each passageway, and a plurality of contacts received in the respective passageways. Each contact has a planar soldering section on a side of the planar section; a beam section extending from the side of the planar section opposite to the soldering section; the beam section defining an arc contact section on a free end; the planar section having a number of retention pieces received in the retention slots. The retention pieces are defined perpendicular to an extending direction of the soldering section.

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