Abstract: A memory card connector includes a metal shell defining a receiving space for receiving a memory card inserted into the receiving space in an insertion direction through an insert opening generally at a front end of the shell. An insulating socket is disposed generally at a rear end of the metal shell and includes a plurality of conductive terminals. A push/push card ejector is provided and includes a slider. The push/push card ejector also includes an actuating lever that extends transversely of the insertion direction and has a first end pivotally attached to the slider and a second end engageable with the memory card for engaging and ejecting the memory card. The connector may be configured so as to minimize packaging space outside of the metal shell.

Abstract: A card edge connector that allows the insertion of an electric card includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and two metallic pieces. Each of the two metallic pieces includes a substrate, an elastic arm connected to the substrate, and a locking portion connected to the upper edge of the free end of the elastic arm. The locking portion has a curved bottom surface and a smooth bottom surface. The smooth bottom surface is adjacent to the curved bottom surface. When locked, the curved bottom surface of the locking portion presses and locks the electric card. When the curved bottom surface loosens due to vibrations of the electric card, the smooth bottom surface of the locking portion presses and locks the electric card firmly. Therefore, the locking effect is increased, and the electric card is prevented from loosening and bounding upwardly.

Abstract: A fastener for a socket connector includes a frame and a pressing assembly. The frame has an opening and a plurality of protrusions. The protrusions extend from inner edges of the frame toward the opening. The pressing assembly has a cover and a buckling piece. The cover is pivotally connected to the frame. The buckling piece locks the cover on the frame. Using the above arrangement, the protrusions are used to accurately align the socket connector within the opening, thus the inter edge surface of the frame is aligned with the outer peripheral surface of the socket connector. In this way, the pressing assembly of the frame can be operated accurately to lock and press a chip module on the socket connector.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and two metallic pieces. The insulating body has a body portion and two side frames. The body portion has an insertion slot. The top and bottom surfaces within the insertion slot have a plurality of flanges. The advantage of the present invention lies in that the interior of the insertion slot has a plurality of flanges. Therefore, the insertion slot can be made wider to facilitate the insertion of an electric card and prevent the phenomenon that the electric card cannot be inserted into the insertion slot due to the deformation of the insertion slot. When the electric card is inserted, the flanges abut against the upper and lower surfaces of the electric card, so that the electric card can be stably fixed in the insertion slot. As a result, the electric card has greater stability.

Abstract: A memory card connector includes a metal shell (40) defining a receiving space for receiving a memory card inserted into the receiving space in an insertion direction through an insert opening generally at a front end of the shell. An insulating socket (38) is disposed generally at a rear end of the metal shell opposite the insert opening and including a plurality of terminal-receiving passages in which a plurality of conductive terminals (38b) are disposed. A card eject mechanism is provided of the push/push type and includes a body, with a slider movably (76) mounted on the body for reciprocating sliding movement in the insertion direction. A cam slot and cam follower are operatively associated with the slider for controlling movement of the slider in a push/push action.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for use in a board-to-board electrical connector assembly and includes a dielectric housing for mounting on a first printed circuit board and having a receptacle for receiving a plug portion of a mating connector mounted on a second printed circuit board. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the housing, and each terminal includes a contact arm extending into the receptacle. The contact arm has first and second contact portions projecting into the receptacle at different angles for engaging a terminal of the mating connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a circuit board. The connector includes an insulative upright body having a front mating face and a rear terminating face. An engaging plate extends from the mating face of the body in a forward mating direction away from the body. An extension plate extends from the terminating face of the body in a rearward direction away from an upper distal end of the body. A plurality of terminal-receiving passages extend through the body between the front and rear faces thereof. The body is relatively thin in a front-to-rear direction. An upper surface of the distal end of the body and an upper surface of the extension plate are coplanar to define a relatively large suction surface.

Abstract: A card edge connector that allows the insertion of an electric card includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and two metallic pieces. Each of the two metallic pieces includes a substrate fixedly provided on both sides of the insulating body, an elastic arm connected to the substrate, and a supporting portion having a supporting plate with a supporting surface facing upwardly. The lower edge of the supporting plate is connected to the lower edge of the elastic arm. The present invention uses the supporting portion of the metallic piece to block and support the electric card, thereby preventing the electric card from being displaced downwardly and vibrating. Further, the supporting portion is formed on the elastic arm with good elasticity and is not prone to deformation and damage. Further, the supporting portion restricts outward displacement.

Abstract: A card edge connector that allows the insertion of an electric card includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and two metallic pieces. Each of the two metallic pieces includes a substrate, an elastic arm connected to the substrate, and a locking portion connected to the upper edge of the free end of the elastic arm. The locking portion has a curved bottom surface and a smooth bottom surface. The smooth bottom surface is adjacent to the curved bottom surface. When locked, the curved bottom surface of the locking portion presses and locks the electric card. When the curved bottom surface loosens due to vibrations of the electric card, the smooth bottom surface of the locking portion presses and locks the electric card firmly. Therefore, the locking effect is increased, and the electric card is prevented from loosening and bounding upwardly.

Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a motherboard with a control circuit board and includes an insulation housing and plurality of terminals. The front face and the rear face of the insulation housing have plurality of terminal insertion slots mounted therebetween. An upper edge, near the front face of the terminal insertion slots, has a blocking portion. Each terminal has a fixing portion, a solder portion, an elastic arm, and a contacting portion. The terminals are fixed in the insulation housing by the fixing portion. The solder portions of the terminals extend beyond the rear face of the insulation housing. The upper edge of the elastic arms of the terminals engage the lower edge of the blocking portions. The elastic arms and the contacting portions of the terminals extend beyond the front face of the insulation housing with the elastic arms being located at an angle to the mounting surface of the insulation housing.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and two metallic pieces. The insulating body has a body portion and two side frames. The body portion has an insertion slot. The top and bottom surfaces within the insertion slot have a plurality of flanges. The advantage of the present invention lies in that the interior of the insertion slot has a plurality of flanges. Therefore, the insertion slot can be made wider to facilitate the insertion of an electric card and prevent the phenomenon that the electric card cannot be inserted into the insertion slot due to the deformation of the insertion slot. When the electric card is inserted, the flanges abut against the upper and lower surfaces of the electric card, so that the electric card can be stably fixed in the insertion slot. As a result, the electric card has greater stability.

Abstract: A card edge connector that allows the insertion of an electric card includes an insulating body and a plurality of terminals. The insulating body has a body portion and two side frames. The body portion has an insertion slot. The lower portion of the front end of the body portion has a stepped trough. The terminals are mounted onto the body portion via fixing portions, and are distributed on upper and lower sides of the insertion slot. The terminals on the lower side are mounted onto the body portion via the stepped trough, thereby reducing the length that the pin portion of the terminal on the lower side protrudes from the front end of the body portion. The present invention utilizes the stepped trough to reduce the length that the pin portion protrudes from the front end of the body portion of the insulating portion. When the electric card is inserted, the electric card is prevented from contacting the pin portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a motherboard with a control circuit board and includes an insulation housing and plurality of terminals. The front face and the rear face of the insulation housing have plurality of terminal insertion slots mounted therebetween. An upper edge, near the front face of the terminal insertion slots, has a blocking portion. Each terminal has a fixing portion, a solder portion, an elastic arm, and a contacting portion. The terminals are fixed in the insulation housing by the fixing portion. The solder portions of the terminals extend beyond the rear face of the insulation housing. The upper edge of the elastic arms of the terminals engage the lower edge of the blocking portions. The elastic arms and the contacting portions of the terminals extend beyond the front face of the insulation housing with the elastic arms being located at an angle to the mounting surface of the insulation housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a generally rectangular housing having a pair of opposite long sides defining a long direction and a pair of short ends defining a short direction. A plurality of terminal-receiving passages are formed in the housing. The connector includes a plurality of power terminals and a plurality of signal terminals including RJ45 terminals and RJ11 terminals. The terminal-receiving passages are divided into a power terminal-receiving section and a signal terminal-receiving section spaced from each other in the long direction. The signal terminal-receiving section is divided into an RJ45 terminal-receiving section and an RJ11 terminal-receiving section spaced from each other in the short direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for use in a board-to-board electrical connector assembly and includes a dielectric housing for mounting on a first printed circuit board and having a receptacle for receiving a plug portion of a mating connector mounted on a second printed circuit board. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the housing, and each terminal includes a contact arm extending into the receptacle. The contact arm has first and second contact portions projecting into the receptacle at different angles for engaging a terminal of the mating connector.

Abstract: A plug connector is provided for mating with a receptacle connector which has three mating terminals including a ground terminal, a detect terminal and a power terminal. The plug connector includes an insulative housing having a mating end and a terminating end with a receiving space proximate the mating end and a through hole proximate the terminating end. A first hollow metal sleeve is disposed in the receiving space for engaging a first one of the mating terminals of the receptacle connector. A second hollow metal sleeve is disposed around at least a portion of the insulative housing for engaging a second one of the terminals of the receptacle connector. A conductive terminal has a base portion extending through the through hole in the insulative housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector for mounting on a circuit board and a second connector for mating with the first connector. The first connector includes an insulative upright body having a front mating face and a rear terminating face. A plurality of terminal-receiving passages extend through the body between the front and rear faces thereof. An engaging plate extends from the mating face in a forward mating direction away from the body. The engaging plate has a first retaining protrusion projecting transversely of the mating direction and defining a retaining groove therebehind between the protrusion and the front mating face of the body. A plurality of terminals extend through the passages and include contact portions projecting forwardly from the mating face of the body generally parallel to the engaging plate.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a circuit board. The connector includes an insulative upright body having a front mating face and a rear terminating face. An engaging plate extends from the mating face of the body in a forward mating direction away from the body. An extension plate extends from the terminating face of the body in a rearward direction away from an upper distal end of the body. A plurality of terminal-receiving passages extend through the body between the front and rear faces thereof. The body is relatively thin in a front-to-rear direction. An upper surface of the distal end of the body and an upper surface of the extension plate are coplanar to define a relatively large suction surface.

Abstract: A memory card connector assembly is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The assembly includes a first memory card connector for mounting on the circuit board and including a housing defining a bottom card-receiving space for receiving a first memory card. A plurality of terminals are provided for electrically connecting appropriate contacts on the first memory card to the circuit board. A second memory card connector is provided for mounting over the top of the first connector. The second connector includes a housing defining a top card-receiving space for receiving a second memory card, along with a plurality of terminals for electrically connecting appropriate contacts on the second memory card to the circuit board.

Abstract: A card edge connector assembly includes a circuit board, a connector, an electrical card and a fixing structure. The connector is formed on the circuit board, the front rim of the electrical card is inserted into the insertion slot of the connector. The fixing structure has an elastic element having a fixing portion positioned on the circuit board. Two relating opposing sides of the fixing portion extends two elastic arms whose free ends form a beveled edge and a clasp portion, and define positioning slots on the rear rim of the electrical card. The length of the elastic arm increases in such a way that the elasticity of the elastic arm becomes greater so as to prevent the elastic arm abrading and breaking to ensure the positioning function and enhance the shock-resistance.