Abstract: A card connector includes a housing having a receptacle to receive therein a card in an insertion direction and the card has a terminal member. A connection terminal is secured to the housing and is configured to contact the terminal member of the card. A card ejecting action detecting switch is configured to detect when the card is ejected from the housing. A card guide mechanism is provided with an urging member for urging the card in a direction opposite the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism is configured to hold the card at a locked position to ensure that the terminal member of the card is in contact with the connection terminal and to permit movement of the card in the opposite direction by a pushing force exerted on the card in the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism ejects the card after performing a pushing action on the card a plurality of times.

Abstract: A card connector includes a housing having a receptacle to receive therein a card in an insertion direction and the card has a terminal member. A connection terminal is secured to the housing and is configured to contact the terminal member of the card. A card ejecting action detecting switch is configured to detect when the card is ejected from the housing. A card guide mechanism is provided with an urging member for urging the card in a direction opposite the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism is configured to hold the card at a locked position to ensure that the terminal member of the card is in contact with the connection terminal and to permit movement of the card in the opposite direction by a pushing force exerted on the card in the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism ejects the card after performing a pushing action on the card a plurality of times.

Abstract: This invention provides a fixing structure for fixing a connector to the surface of a circuit board. It facilitates management of screw-tightening torque, and has reliability at the time of fixture by screwing, and reliability over time. When fixed to a board using a screw, the connector is not fixed directly to the circuit board, but rather a bracket with two arms that contact and engage protruding portions of the connector hold the connector down on the board. A main body portion of the bracket is defined by folding a portion upon itself to present a U-shape. The folded piece can compress under the tightening of the screw and may be soldered to the circuit board.

Abstract: This invention provides a fixing structure for fixing a connector to the surface of a circuit board. It facilitates management of screw-tightening torque, and has reliability at the time of fixture by screwing, and reliability over time. When fixed to a board using a screw, the connector is not fixed directly to the circuit board, but rather a bracket with two arms that contact and engage protruding portions of the connector hold the connector down on the board. A main body portion of the bracket is defined by folding a portion upon itself to present a U-shape. The folded piece can compress under the tightening of the screw and may be soldered to the circuit board.

Abstract: A socket is provided for a pin grid array (PGA) package having a plurality of lead pins in a grid array. The socket includes a base housing and a plurality of terminals mounted on the base housing in a grid array corresponding to the array of the lead pins of the PGA package. A slide plate is mounted on the base housing and includes a plurality of through-holes arranged in a grid array for receiving therethrough the lead pins of the PGA package. The slide plate is slidably movable relative to the base housing in a given direction to drive the lead pins of the PGA package into engagement with the terminals on the base housing. A slide actuator is mounted on the base housing for sliding movement relative thereto in a direction generally transversely of said given direction of sliding movement of the slide plate.

Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for mounting a connector onto a substrate. The assembly includes a metal connector shell having an integral mounting bracket with a hole for receiving a fastener extending therethrough from the substrate at one side of the bracket. A fastening nut is engageable with the fastener at an opposite side of the bracket. The fastening nut is releasably retained on the bracket for holding the nut prior to engagement with the fastener.