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Card connector assembly facilitating heat dissipation of inserted card

US8747163B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateJul 20, 2012
Grant dateJun 10, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/6581
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card connector assembly includes a card connector (100) and a memory card (5) received in the card connector. The card connector includes an insulative housing (2), a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing, a slider (41) assembled on the insulative housing and movable relative to the insulative housing, a spring (42) urging the slider along a card ejection direction; and a metal shell (7) covering the insulative housing for defining a card receiving space. The metal shell includes a spring leaf (711, 712) extending into the card receiving space. The memory card forms a metal plate (52) on a top surface thereof and a number of metal traces (51) on a bottom surface thereof. The metal plate is located above the metal traces along a vertical direction and the spring leaf contacts with the metal plate.

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