Abstract: A board-to-board connector assembly consists of a plug and receptacle connector. The receptacle connector has a first dielectric housing having a front wall defining a recess with a flared inlet and a number of first contacts. Each first contact has a contact portion having an arced configuration, a free end resting against a front end of the front wall by a preload to make the contact portion have a tendency moving toward the recess, and a terminal portion extending through a locating block integrally formed at a rear side of the housing. The plug connector has a second dielectric housing defining a projection and a number of second contacts. Each second contact has a contact portion, a free end, a protrusion between the contact portion and the free end and a terminal portion extending through a locating block integrally formed at a rear side of the second housing.

Abstract: A stacked card connector (1) includes two insulative housings (10, 11) each having a contact receiving chamber (101) defining a number of contact receiving holes (1013) therethrough for receiving a number of contacts (13). A grounding plate (12) is mounted above each contact receiving chamber (101) for shielding the contacts (13). An ejecting means (16) is connected to each housing (10, 11) for guiding a card to be received in the connector (1) and for ejecting the inserted card. The contacts (13) of each housing (10, 11) are aligned with and inserted in through holes (21) defined through a corresponding daughter board (14) by means of a guiding and fastening means (2) which also securely retains each daughter board (14) at an end of each housing (10, 11). After soldering the contacts (13) and the grounding plates (12) to the corresponding firmly secured daughter board (14), each daughter board (14) is received in a corresponding slot which is mounted to a mother board.

Abstract: An ejector mechanism for a card connector (1) is disclosed. The connector has an elongate housing (101) fixedly receiving a number of contacts (11). The housing has a bottom face for proximity to a PCB (3) on which the connector is mounted and a top face. The connector further includes a lower shielding (15) fixed to the bottom face, an upper shielding (13) fixed to the top face and a guiding frame (12) fixed to lateral ends of the housing for guiding a card into/out of the connector. The ejector mechanism has a push-rod reciprocally mounted on the guiding frame. The push-rod has a distal end (1211) with an L-shaped configuration defining a hole (1214) between a horizontal section (1213) and a vertical section (1212) thereof and a proximal end (1221) for receiving a push force. An ejector lever 1120 is pivotably mounted on the lower shielding member and has a force-receiving end (1121) bent away from the lower shielding member into the hole in the distal end of the push-rod.

Abstract: A card connector assembly consisting of two stacked connectors for providing prevention of noise, each includes an interface housing connected with a guiding frame having a grounding plate connected thereto. A first conductive plate and a second conductive plate are respectively engaged with an upper periphery of the guiding frame of the upper connector and a lower periphery of the guiding frame of the lower connector. The first conductive plate and the second conductive plate are engaged in order to prevent noise from acting on an electrical card received in the card connector.

Abstract: A board adapter for electrically connecting an electrical card connector to a mother board, comprises 68 signal holes, 100 conductive pads, a plurality of signal traces, a first grounding means, a transforming unit and a second grounding contact. The first grounding contact surrounds the signal holes and is electrically connected with a corresponding grounding contact of the electrical connector, for providing the signal holes and the electrical connector with grounding protection. The second grounding contact is alternately juxtaposed with every two of the signal traces for providing grounding protection. The conductive pads are electrically connected with either the signal traces or the grounding contacts. The transforming unit includes two power traces to separately bear two different strength voltage induced currents. When either of the traces bears a corresponding voltage induced current, the other trace can be transformed into a grounding trace to protect the bearing trace.

Abstract: A memory card connector for connection with a first PCB (printed circuit board) and a second PCB provided on the first PCB is disclosed, which comprises an insulating housing including a contact receiving section defining a rear insertion space, and a plurality of conductive contacts received in the contact receiving section, each of the conductive contacts including a front soldering section bending away from the first PCB for soldering onto the second PCB. The memory card connector is provided a grounding plate for shielding and grounding, and ejector mechanism for ejecting a memory card received in the memory card connector. An arrangement of a memory card connector, a mother board and a daughter is disclosed. In addition, a memory card connector assembly including more than one memory card connectors is disclosed as well.

Abstract: A connector assembly (10, 10') for receiving electrical cards seated on a rigid mother board (12, 12'), includes the plural electrical card connectors (20, 20'), a flexible printed circuit (50, 50') and a connecting means (30, 30') wherein the plural connectors (20, 20') further includes an insulative housing (26, 26') means receiving a plurality of contacts (24, 24') and a shell means (40, 40') integrally forming a plurality of terminal (44, 44') therewith. The flexible printed circuit board (50, 50') includes a plurality of holes (521, 521') formed adjacent to an end thereof and solderably connected with the terminals (44, 44') and the contacts (24, 24') of the connectors (20, 20'), and a plurality of printed pads (581, 581') formed adjacent to the other end thereof and electrically connected with a plurality of circuit pads (18, 18') formed on the rigid mother board (12, 12') by means of the connecting means (30, 30').

Abstract: A holding device (10) for gripping a pair of spaced receptacle connectors (50) in a parallel relation, includes a plate-like body (12) having defining two side portions (14) for respectively retaining the two connectors (50) thereto. A retention member (16) is formed on each side portion (14) for grasping two sides of the corresponding connector (50). A pair of guidance channels (22) are provided at two opposite ends of the body (12) for cooperation with the end projections (54) on the connector (50). A pair of bosses (26) are respectively disposed about the corresponding channels (22) for restraining and aligning the lengthwise position of the connector (50) with regard to the holding device (10). Transverse ribs (28) are formed on the body (12) for abutment with the top surface (56) of the connector (50). Therefore, the connector (50) can be reliably and efficiently retained by the holding device (10) for moving to the specific predetermined position on the PC board through a suction nozzle of a robot arm.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes at least two connectors arranged substantially adjacent to each other for allowing a cover to detachably engage the connectors. The cover is configured so that an external vacuum suction nozzle or the like can apply a suction force on the cover together with the connectors in order to mount the connectors simultaneously on a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A connector apparatus for electrically connecting printed circuit boards together includes a male and a female connector. The male connector includes a connector body (1). The body (1) has a central connecting block (11) on the bottom. The external surface of the bottom of the body provides a number of contact terminal holes (15). A number of double-L-shaped contact terminals (2) each having a bent contact portion (23) is installed inside a corresponding one of the contact terminal containing spaces (16). The soldering end (22) extends out of the corresponding one of the contact terminal holes (15) in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body. The female connector includes a connector body (3) with a number of parallel contact terminal containing spaces (32) extending in a direction perpendicular both to the longitudinal axis and the bottom of the body.

Abstract: A board-to-board connector assembly (10) includes a socket connector (12) with plural rigid contacts (48) therein and a counterpart plug connector (14) with plural flexible contacts (20) therein. Locking tabs with protrusions are formed on the exterior surfaces (43) of the socket connector (12) and the corresponding recesses (56) are formed in side walls (58) of the plug connector (14) so that there is a retention function between these two mating connectors (12, 14) when they are coupled with each other. The housing (16, 36) of each connector (14, 12) further includes an expansion section (15, 11) at either end for protectively avoiding damage of the contact tails (24, 50) due to exterior impact during delivery.

Abstract: A memory card connector (10) includes an insulative housing (20) having a plurality of cavities (26) extending therethrough in a front-to-end direction for reception of a corresponding number of contacts therein. Ejection mechanism includes a pivotal lever (70) adapted to be rotatable with regard to the housing (20), and an actuation bar (80) adapted to be lengthwise moved wherein such lever (70) and actuation bar (80) are linked with each other. A pushing block (90) positioned on the actuation bar (80), has a pushing or operation surface (95) which laterally projects out of the lengthwise axis (Z) of such actuation bar (80) so that the actuation bar (80) can be rearwardly moved by easily manually approaching such operation surface (95) from an exterior, thus actuating such pivotal lever (70) to rotationally move for ejection of the memory card inserted within the connector (10).

Abstract: A memory card connector assembly (10) includes a pair of memory card connectors (12, 14) stacked together wherein an independent auxiliary alignment socket (40), which is aligned with but spaced from the connector housings (20), and directly mounted on the board (100), incorporates the contact tails (25) of the upper connector (12) for efficiently establishing electrical and mechanical connection between the upper connector (12) and the board (100) on which such memory card connector assembly (100) is seated.

Abstract: A memory card connector (10) includes an insulative housing (20) having a plurality of cavities (26) extending therethrough in a front-to-end direction for reception of a corresponding number of contacts therein. Ejection mechanism includes a pivotal lever (70) adapted to be rotatable with regard to the housing (20), and an actuation bar (80) adapted to be lengthwise moved wherein such lever (70) and actuation bar (80) are linked with each other. A pushing block (90) positioned on the actuation bar (80), has a pushing or operation surface (95) which laterally projects out of the lengthwise axis (Z) of such actuation bar (80) so that the actuation bar (80) can be rearwardly moved by easily manually approaching such operation surface (95) from an exterior, thus actuating such pivotal lever (70) to rotationally move for ejection of the memory card inserted within the connector (10).