| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 439327000 | Retaining means exterior of slot | 59 |
| 20090035978 | Modular DIMM carrier and riser slot - A modular DIMM carrier and riser slot device includes a slot section having a slot configured to hold a plurality of memory device planars, a first latch disposed at a first end of the slot section and pivotably connected to the slot section and capable of securing a first end of the memory device planars; a second latch disposed at a second end of the slot section and pivotably connected to the slot section and capable of securing a second end of a first memory device planar, and a third latch pivotably connected to the slot section and disposed intermediate between the first and the second latches, the third latch capable of securing a second end of a second memory device planar. The slot section has an auxiliary slot section defined as an section between the second latch and the third latch. The auxiliary slot section includes a notch for receiving the third latch when the third latch is in a disengaged position, a retention notch that restrains movement of the third latch when the third latch is in an engaged position, and a power and signaling section that includes power and signaling connections usable by one or more of the memory device planars. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090111307 | Electrical card connector - An electrical card connector includes a metal shield ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090325414 | SECURE DIGITAL MEMORY CARD RETAINING MECHANISM - A secure digital memory card (SD card) retaining mechanism ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100087080 | SURFACE CONTACT CARD HOLDER AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A holder for a surface contact card includes a main body, a cover and an impeller. The main body provides a receiving bay receiving the surface contact card therein. The cover is disposed on the main body. The cover defines an opening. The impeller is slidably received in the opening for pushing the surface contact card to remove it from the receiving bay. A portable electronic device with the holder mounted on it is also disclosed. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100248517 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR HAVING ADDITIONAL GROUND CONTACT FACILITATING GROUNDING OF INSERTED MEMORY MODULE - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a plurality of first and second terminal grooves at opposite sides thereof. A key is located between said first and second terminal grooves. A plurality of first and second terminals are respectively received in said first and second terminal grooves. The outmost of the first terminal together with the outmost of the second terminal are arranged as grounding terminals and form a diagonal configuration to contact with grounding pad defined on the memory module for eliminating EMI. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110021053 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110053400 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110081797 | MEMORY CARD CONNECTOR - A memory card connector is used for being plugged with a memory card. The memory card connector includes an insulating body having a plugging slot and two pivoting bases, two locking parts, and a plurality of conducting pins received in the insulating body. The memory card is plugged into the plugging slot. The two pivoting bases are respectively located at two sides of the insulating body. The pivoting base that is close to the plugging slot has a blocking portion. The two locking parts are respectively pivoted with the two pivoting bases for holding the memory card and can be entered by the blocking portion. The total height of the memory card connector is reduced. The required space for packaging and shipping the memory card connector is reduced to lower the shipping cost. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110104926 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED BOARD LOCK - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a mating face, a mounting face, a pair of side walls, a elongated central slot recessed downwardly from the mating face, a first end wall and a second end wall, the central slot being positioned between the side walls, the first end wall and the second end wall, the side walls include a plurality of passageways communicating with the central slot; a plurality of contacts being retained in the passageways respectively and protruding into the central slot; a metal board lock extending downwardly through the first end wall and being attached to the first end wall; a retainer attached to the first end wall to mating with a corresponding card; the board lock is sandwiched between the retainer and the first end wall. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110151701 | CARD-EDGE CONNECTOR - A card-edge connector may provide a physically secure attachment to a substrate without the use of removable hardware. The card-edge connector may include a straddle-mount card-edge connector housing and a retention assembly that extends from the connector housing. The retention assembly configured to releasably secure the connector to the substrate. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110171847 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH FLOATING PAD - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a mating cavity extending along a longitudinal direction and a pair of arms disposed at opposite ends of the mating cavity and a supporting portion unitarily extending forward from the housing. A plurality of contacts are divided into an upper row and a lower row and respectively secured on opposite sides of the mating cavity. Metallic devices comprise a pair of retaining members respectively attached to the arms and a pair of soldering pads respectively assembled onto the supporting portions along a front-to-rear direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each supporting portion defines a receiving slot running through a front face of the supporting portion and extending along the front-to-rear direction for receiving said soldering pad under condition that the soldering pad could floatably move within the receiving slot. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110177707 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing, a plurality of contacts retained to the housing, and a retainer located at one end of the housing along an elongated direction of the housing. The housing has a pair of side walls and a central slot between the side walls. The retainer has a resilient retention arm and a rigid stop arm diverging from the retention arm along a transverse direction perpendicular to the elongated direction. The retention arm has a locking section extending along the elongated direction to lock a daughter board and an operating section obliquely extending from the locking section along a third direction different from both elongated direction and transverse direction. The stop arm has an abutting section behind the operating section along a fourth direction perpendicular to the operating section to limit a deflection of the operating section. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120058661 | CARD CONNECTOR HAVING PIVOTAL LOCKING MEMBER FOR PREVENTING CARD FROM WITHDRAWING THEREFROM - A card connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metallic shell covering the insulative housing to jointly form a card receiving space, and a locking member pivotally mounted to the insulative housing. The locking member includes a card locking beam outside the card receiving space. The locking member is pivotable to an opening status where a card can be freely inserted into the card receiving space along a back-to-front direction, and the locking member is pivotable to a closed status where the card is restricted by the card locking beam in order to prevent the card from backwardly withdrawing from the card receiving space. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120122331 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector includes an insulation body and a pair of securing mechanisms. The insulation body includes a card receiving passageway for receiving an electrical card therein. The pair of securing mechanisms are individually positioned at both ends of the insulation body. Each of the securing mechanisms includes a rotation member rotatably connected to the insulation body and rotatable about a vertical axis between a locked position and an unlocked position of the electrical card. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120129377 | Card-Edge Connector - A card-edge connector is provided for securing and electrically connecting an electronic card to a circuit board. The card-edge connector includes an insulating housing a pair of arms, and a pair of card-latching members. The insulating housing includes a receiving wall defining a slot there within. Each arm extends from ends of the receiving wall. A supporting base is disposed on and extending along a first side of each arm, and a guiding rail disposed on a second side of each arm. Furthermore, a fastener receiving passageway is disposed on each of an upper surface and a lower surface of each of the pair of arms. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120156912 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector for mating with a corresponding daughter card | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120164864 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector is connectable to a card having a side edge. The card edge connector has a holding member extending in a first direction and a pair of arms each extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction from the holding member. Each of the arms includes an abutment portion and a spring portion. The spring portion is bendable elastically outward in the first direction. The spring portion has a latch and an abutting portion. The latch is engaged with the side edge of the card when the card edge connector is connected to the card. When the connected card presses the latch along a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, the abutting portion is brought into contact with the abutment portion so that the abutting portion regulates a movement of the latch in the third direction. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120178276 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR EXPANSION CARD - A mounting apparatus for fixing an expansion card to an expansion socket with two latching members pivotably mounted to opposite ends of the expansion socket to engage with the expansion card, includes two engaging blocks attached to the opposite ends of the expansion socket below the latching members, and a fixing bracket attached to a side of the expansion socket. The fixing bracket includes two latching portions respectively formed from opposite ends of the fixing bracket, to correspondingly latch the engaging blocks, thus making tops of the engaging blocks resisting against bottoms of the latching members to prevent the latching members from pivoting. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120244734 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH FLOATABLE GROUNDING PADS - A card edge connector for connecting a card to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and a pair of grounding pads. The insulative housing has a lengthwise base portion having a card-receiving slot and a pair of locating arms having an extending portion which extends forwardly from the base portion. The contacts are retained in the insulative housing and extend into the card-receiving slot to electrically contact with the inserted card. The grounding pads each include a main body which has a frame and a solder pad. The locating arms each further include a spring fork-shaped locking portion extending from the extending portion for preventing the grounding pad releasing from the corresponding locating arm when the frame of the grounding pad is securely seated in the extending portion from the locking portion. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120322286 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130017700 | CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING CIRCUIT BOARDAANM TIAN; XiyongAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP TIAN; Xiyong Beijing CNAANM LI; LingchangAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP LI; Lingchang Beijing CNAANM LIU; YinongAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP LIU; Yinong Beijing CN - A circuit board connector and a method for connecting circuit board. The circuit board connector includes: a housing, including a left side wall and right side wall opposite each other and a bottom wall arranged between the left and right side walls, the bottom wall provided with a plurality of contact pins, and the left and right side walls and the bottom wall forming an accommodation space for accommodating the circuit board; a cover, one end being connected to the housing, so that the cover may be opened or closed relative to the housing; and a locking device arranged on the housing and cover to lock the cover when the cover is closed. Reliable connection of the circuit board can be realized, without a gasket or a film, and also the circuit board can be locked firmly, preventing the rebounding of the hinge of the connector. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130102179 | LOCKING ASSEMBLY AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING SAME - A locking assembly used to lock an electronic device defining at least one latching hole in a communication apparatus includes a housing including a mounting board and a front board, a latching member fixed to the mounting board, a button member mounted between the front board and the latching member, an urging member pivotably connected to the housing and an elastic member elastically connected between the housing and the urging member. The latching member includes at least one latching portion to engage with the at least one latching hole. When the button member moves relative to the housing and compels the at least one latching portion to disengage with the at least one latching hole, the urging member is enabled to push the electronic device to move out from the communication apparatus via elastic deformation energy of the elastic member. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130288503 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH FLOATING METAL MEMBER - A card edge connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals and a pair of metal members attached to the insulative housing. The insulative housing defining a pair of latching arms integrally extending forwardly from opposite ends thereof and a mounting slot below said each latching arm. Each metal member including a first metal member closely and vertical attached to the latching arm and a second metal member movably received in the mounting slot. wherein the first metal member defines a stopping portion extending to the second metal member, the second metal member defines a solder portion and a stopped portion extending to the stopping portion, the stopping portion is located in front of the stopped portion in a front-to-rear direction, thereby the second metal member is prevent from forwardly departing from the mounting slot by the stopping portion of the first metal member. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130309892 | Card Edge Connector with Improved Locking Arm - A card edge connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and a pair of locking arms for holding a card. Each locking arm includes a retaining portion fixed to the insulative housing and a resilient arm extending forwardly from the retaining portion. The resilient arm is deformable outwardly so as to lock or unlock with the card. The resilient arm includes an engaging portion extending inwardly and a hook at a front of the engaging portion. The engaging portion includes a downwardly inclined surface for guiding installation of the card. The hook protrudes upwardly beyond the engaging portion so that when the card is not so inserted along a card-insertion direction, even if the card is downwardly pressed, a top edge of the hook resists against the card so as to prevent the card from further downward movement. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140080344 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a card edge connector including an insulating body, a first fixing part, a second fixing part and a plurality of terminals. The terminals are respectively fixing on the first fixing part and the second fixing part in an insert molding manner. The first fixing part and the second fixing part are received and arranged in the insulating body. The first fixing part and the second fixing part respectively has at least one hook. At least one insertion slot is inwardly formed in the insulating body at a position corresponding to the hook; and the hooks are respectively pushed and fastened inwards towards the insertion slots, so that the first fixing part and the second fixing part are assembled and located on the insulating body. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140080345 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector defines an insulative housing, the housing includes a lengthwise base portion with opposite end walls along a lengthwise direction thereof, and a card-receiving slot runs forwards for an electrical card; a plurality of terminals are loaded in the housing and the terminals defines contacting portions exposing to the card-receiving slot and welding portions extending out of the housing; a pair of latch members are fixed to the end walls, each latch member comprises a locking portion, the locking portion bends inwards and downwards slantwise, the locking portion also defines an upper guiding surface and a lower resisting surface opposite to the upper guiding surface, wherein the guiding surfaces are disposed slantwise to the electrical card while the resisting surface is parallel to the electrical card. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140094050 | CARD CONNECTOR - Comprised are a sliding member for retaining a card and sliding in the forward/backward direction of a housing, and a locking member for sliding in the widthwise direction of the housing and locking the card received within the housing, the locking member comprising a sliding control part for controlling the sliding of the sliding member, the sliding control part preventing the sliding member from sliding when the locking member is in a first position, and allowing the sliding member to slide when the locking member is in a second position. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140099815 | MEMORY MODULE CONNECTOR WITH AUXILIARY POWER - An apparatus includes a socket that receives a memory module that includes a card having card edge voltage pads along the lower card edge, auxiliary voltage pads along at least one of the vertical card edges, and one or more persistent, solid-state memory chips on one or both card faces. A latch pivotally coupled to the socket is movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch includes electrical latch contacts positioned for being engaged with the auxiliary voltage pads when that latch is in the latched position and being disengaged from the auxiliary voltage pads when the latch is in the unlatched position. The electrical latch contacts may provide a different voltage to the auxiliary voltage pads than the socket provides to the card edge voltage pads along the lower card edge. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140170881 | DIMM EXTRACTION TOOL - Aspects of the present invention disclose a DIMM extraction tool for extracting a DIMM from a DIMM socket. Exemplary embodiments of the DIMM extraction tool include a frame adapted for use as an air baffle within the DIMM socket, a first arm and a second arm pivotably connected to the frame. When the first arm and second arm are in a resting position, the first and second arm respectively engage a first resting detent and a second resting detent to prevent pivotable rotation of the first arm and second arm in exemplary embodiments of the DIMM extraction tool. When the first arm and second arm are in a working position, the first arm and second arm respectively are adapted to releasably engage the DIMM and bias resilient latching arm of the DIMM socket. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140363995 | CONNECTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THEREOF - A connector device comprises a tray, a connector body, a lock member and a pressing member. The lock member is unmovable beyond a second position along an ejection direction. The pressing member applies a force toward the second position directly or indirectly to the lock member. The tray is formed with a locked portion. The lock member is provided with a lock portion and a pressed portion. The lock portion locks the locked portion to prevent the tray from moving beyond a lock position along the ejection direction when the tray is accommodated in the connector body. The pressing member presses the pressed portion against the case when the connector device is attached in the case. The tray located at the locked position is positioned relatively to the case by this pressing. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150340780 | Flap for Terminal - A flap is provided for closing off a cavity of a terminal, which includes a memory card reader. The flap includes at least one slot for inserting a memory card, and the slot is obtained by a difference in height between a base plane and an insertion plane, and the slot has a guiding profile. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150349440 | SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE SOCKET AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF THE SAME - A semiconductor module socket includes an internal body including a slot therein, a lower end portion of a semiconductor module being inserted in the slot, and the semiconductor module including a printed circuit board with a semiconductor device thereon, an external body coupled to an outside of the internal body, and a plurality of socket pins on opposite surfaces of the slot, the plurality of socket pins facing each other, and top portions of the plurality of socket pins being arranged at different levels. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160056561 | EDGECARD CONNECTOR WITH COMMON-END DATUM TO REDUCE MISALIGNMENT TOLERANCES - A connector includes a body, a slot within the body configured to receive a substrate and including a first end and a second end, contacts arranged along the slot between the first end and the second end, and a biasing mechanism arranged to align the substrate as the substrate is inserted into the slot so that substrate is in contact with the second end when the substrate is fully inserted into the slot. | 02-25-2016 |
| 439328000 | Fingerlike grasping means comprising portion of coupling part | 26 |
| 20080287002 | SET OF CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTORS - A horizontal connector ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090017666 | Electrical Connector Socket With Latch Mechanism - An electrical connector for receiving a daughter card having a plurality of conductive surfaces is described. The electrical connector has a socket with an elongated slot for receiving the daughter card. The slot has electrical terminals for engaging the plurality of conductive surfaces on the daughter card and for electrically connecting the daughter card to the connector. A latch at each end of the elongated slot secures the daughter card to the connector. The latch includes a pair of inwardly directed opposing securing hooks and a pair of unlocking members. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090035979 | Reduced Footprint Memory Module Connector and Latching Mechanism - One embodiment of a memory module connector includes a connector body having a slot for removably receiving a DIMM and a latching mechanism for facilitating the insertion and removal of the DIMM from the slot. The footprint of the connector may be minimized in at least four ways: (1) by orienting a lever's pivot axis so that it is parallel with a plane of the DIMM, (2) by laterally spacing the pivot axis with respect to this plane, (3) by positioning the latch at the end(s) of the connector, and (4) by uniquely sculpting the latch to minimize its contribution to the overall footprint of the connector. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090111308 | LATCH, LATCH-MOUNTABLE CONNECTOR HOUSING, AND LATCH-MOUNTABLE CONNECTOR - A metal-latch-mountable connector housing | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090117769 | APPARATUS FOR HOLDING A SIM CARD - The invention relates to a device for holding a SIM card with a SIM card reader, wherein the SIM card reader has a push-push mechanism by means of which the SIM card can be latched into a reading position and unlatched from the reading position into a removal position by repeatedly pressing the SIM card in a direction of insertion. In this arrangement, the SIM card reader is arranged on a rocker which is suspended to pivot between two end positions in a slot of a housing, wherein the SIM card reader is covered by a cover, wherein the cover closes off the slot in the first end position of the rocker and wherein the cover can be displaced against a restoring mechanism in the direction of insertion of the SIM card in the second end position of the rocker. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090221172 | Latching device for locking a daughter board in an edge connector - A latching device includes a base member of insulating material including a bridge portion and a pair of board-connecting portions connected by the bridge portion; a metallic latching member located at a front face of the bridge portion of the base member and including a latching portion toward a top face of the board-connecting portion; a metallic grounding member including a bridge portion and a pair of connecting portions extending downwards from two opposite ends of the bridge portion; each connecting portion including a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion and retained in corresponding slots defined on a rear face of the board-connecting portion. The grounding member is secured to a rear of the base member, the first retaining portion is located higher than the second retaining portion. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090286416 | Electrical card connector with improved detecting switch - An electrical card connector for receiving a card comprising: an insulative housing( | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100015835 | Edge Connector With Preload Caps - A circuit board edge connector includes an insulative housing and two opposing mating ends with a plurality of conductive terminals supported by the housing and extending between the two ends. One end of the connector mates with an opposing connector and the other end has a slot disposed therein that receives the mating edge of a printed circuit card or board. The terminals at the end of the connector extend outwardly in a cantilevered fashion and they terminate in free ends that contact conductive pads on the edge of the circuit card. A preload cap is provided that includes two parts that interfit with each other and with the circuit card mating end of the connector. These preload caps engage the terminal free ends and impart a preload to the terminals so that the circuit card may be easily inserted into the connector slot and the caps are subsequently removed from the connector. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100022114 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR AND LATCH THEREOF - This invention relates to a card edge connector and a latch thereof. The connector is used to receive a printed circuit card and includes a housing having two opposite ends, a card slot disposed between two opposite ends. The housing has a first width. The latch as a latch body portion, pivotally mounted on two ends of the housing for ejecting the card, and at least one through hole and a second width. The latch further has a latch head portion, extending from the body portion for latching the card, having at least one through hole and a third width. The second and third widths are substantially the same, and are smaller than the first width of the housing for improving heat dissipation. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100055956 | SLIDING CONTACT RETAINING DEVICE - In a sliding contact retaining device for a contacting device of a rotor, the rotor can have a plurality of slip rings, wherein the contacting device serves to retain the sliding contact retaining device, and wherein an electrical contact can be established between the slip rings of the rotor and sliding contacts of the sliding contact retaining device, wherein using the sliding contact retaining device, sliding contact retainers can be disposed in a first and a second serial arrangement parallel to a rotational axis of the rotor, and wherein adjacently arranged slip rings can be contacted alternately from a sliding contact of the first serial arrangement and a sliding contact of the second serial arrangement, wherein the sliding contact retaining device has at least one holding device for receiving at least two serial arrangements of sliding contact retainers. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100261369 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes an insulator having an accommodation space into which an object to be connected to the connector is removably insertable, the object being a thin plate having a pair of engaging recesses at opposite side edges thereof; at least one contact fixed to the insulator, the object being connected to the contact upon insertion into the accommodation space; and a pair of resilient engaging protrusions, each having an engaging portion, which are resiliently deformable away from each other in a plane in which the object lies, the engaging portions being respectively engaged in the pair of engaging recesses of the inserted object. A distance between the engaging portions of the pair of resilient engaging protrusions in a free state is smaller than a width of an insertion end of the object which is to be inserted into the accommodation space. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100267267 | CARD CONNECTOR WITH A SPRING MEMBER FOR RETAINING AN ELECTRICAL CARD - A card connector includes an insulative housing ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110045681 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a plastic base and an engaging member. The base has a longitudinally extended connection slot to be connected to a circuit board having one side formed with a notch. The engaging member disposed on one side of the base has an elastic arm, which has a handle, a guide-in inclined surface, an engaging portion and an elastic member. When the circuit board is inserted into the slot, the one side thereof presses the guide-in inclined surface to make the arm elastically move outwardly. When the arm elastically moves back, the engaging portion engages with the notch. When the handle is moved to make the arm elastically move outwardly and to disengage the engaging portion from the notch, the elastic member can stop the engaging member from elastically moving back to engage with the notch, so that the circuit board can be conveniently taken out. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110111614 | Card edge connector - A card edge connector has a plurality of contacts, a housing configured to hold the plurality of contacts arranged in a first direction, and a pair of arm members held on the housing so as to extend along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the arm members includes a latch portion and an interference portion. The latch portion is configured to engage with a side edge of a card when the card is connected to the card edge connector. The interference portion is configured to interfere with the side edge of the card in the first direction so as to prevent the latch portion from engaging with the side edge of the card when the card is improperly connected to the card edge connector. The interference portion projects inwardly in the first direction beyond the latch portion. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110151702 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH RETAINING DEVICE - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a mating cavity extending along a longitudinal direction and a pair of arms disposed at opposite ends of the mating cavity. Each arm has a locking arm and a stopping arm spaced from each other while commonly extending forward from the housing. A receiving space is defined between the pair of locking arms for receiving said electrical card while the stopping arm is located at a lateral side of the locking arm beyond said receiving space. A plurality of contacts are secured on opposite sides of the mating cavity. A pair of retaining device, each comprises a base plate attached to the locking arm and a retaining portion extending toward the housing and secured in the housing. A blocking portion extends outwardly from the base plate of the retaining device and stands at an exterior side of the stopping arm for preventing the locking arm from moving inwardly overly. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120322287 | SOCKET AND MOTHERBOARD WITH THE SAME - A socket for selectively mounting on a board includes a housing and a latch. The housing includes a first side plate and a second side plate parallel to the first side plate. The first and second side plates define an elongated slot therebetween for reception of the board. The latch includes an axle, a body and a fastening portion. The axle is pivotably coupled to the housing at one end of the slot. The body has one end joined to the axle and the other end to the fastening portion. The fastening portion is constructed for engagement with the board. In addition, the lateral width of the body of the latch in the direction along the width of the first side plate is smaller than that of the axle in the same direction. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130034984 | LATCH FOR A CARD EDGE CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A latch for securing a circuit card assembly to a circuit board mounted card edge connector includes first and second arms disposed on opposite ends of the card edge connector. The first and second arms define a reception space that receives the circuit card assembly. The first arm has a deflectable spring latch that is movable between a released position and a latched position. The circuit card assembly is secured by the spring latch in the latched position. The second arm has a latch hook that is configured to hook around and engage a portion of the circuit card assembly during mating of the circuit card assembly and the card edge connector. The latch hook defines a pivot point for pivoting the circuit card assembly into the card edge connector during mating of the circuit card assembly and the card edge connector. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130040482 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH SIDE-MOUNTED LATCH - An electrical connector may retain a substrate in secure, mating engagement with the electrical connector. The electrical connector can include at least one attachment member that is configured to engage a side of the substrate so as to attach the electrical connector to the substrate when the electrical connector is mated with the substrate. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130040483 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH LATCH - An electrical connector may retain a substrate in secure, mating engagement with the electrical connector. The electrical connector can include at least one attachment member that is configured to be received in an aperture that extends through the substrate. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130059458 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector for receiving an electronic card to be inserted therein includes an insulating body, with a slot formed therein for receiving the electronic card therein; multiple conductive terminals, accommodated in the insulating body, in which each of the conductive terminals at least partially enters the slot and contacts the electronic card therein; and at least one latch. The latch includes a connecting arm with one end disposed in the insulating body and located at a side of the slot; a bent section, extending backward from the other end of the connecting arm and bent toward a side away from the electronic card; and a guide chamfer, disposed at a side of the bent section close to the electronic card and inclined downward. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130109214 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130260591 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector includes a body and two latches. The body includes a base and two columns. The base includes an insertion slot formed thereon, and the two columns are disposed on the base and located two opposite ends of the base. Each of the columns includes a trench connecting to the insertion slot. Two latches are respectively disposed to the two columns. Each of the fasten portions fixes one of the latches to the corresponding column, such that an elastic arm of the latch suspends in the trench of the corresponding column. The elastic arm includes an engaging portion for moving back and forth relative to the column in the trench. When a circuit board inserts into the insertion slot of the body, the engaging portions of the latches clamp the circuit board, so as to prevent the circuit board from escaping from the card edge connector. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130288504 | MEMORY MODULE CONNECTOR WITH LATCH ASSIST - A memory module connector includes a dynamically-assisted latch that facilitates connecting and releasing a memory module. The latch includes a lever pivotably coupled to the connector for urging the memory module into and out of a fully seated position within the connector. The lever provides a mechanical advantage for lowering and raising the memory module. A latch assist member urges the latch into engagement with the memory module in response to an insertion of the memory module, and dynamically positions the lever in response to movement of the memory module within the connector. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130309893 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND POSITIONING MRTHOD OF THE SAME - A card edge connector assembly comprising a first card edge connector comprising a first insulative housing, a pair of first latching arms disposed on opposite ends of the first insulative housing and a plurality of first conductive terminals retained in the first insulative housing; a second card edge connector including a second insulative housing, a pair of second latching arms located on the opposite ends of the second insulative housing and a plurality of second conductive terminals retained in the second insulative housing. The first and second terminals define pin-shaped solder portions respectively, wherein the first and second insulative housings define protruding portions and recessed portions mutually engaged with each other when the first and second insulative housings are disposed in a head to head arrangement. It can shorten distance between the first and second card edge connectors, which is conducive to miniaturization of connector assembly. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140170882 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH SOLDERING MEMBERS IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS - A card edge connector for connecting a printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing defining an elongated base portion, a first and a second end portions located on both ends of the base portion and a pair of locking arms respectively extending forwardly from the first and second end portions. A plurality of conductive terminals are received in the insulative housing. A first soldering member is mounted on the first end portion and includes a soldering portion located below the corresponding locking arm. A second soldering member is mounted on the second end portion and includes a soldering portion located below the corresponding locking arm. The distance between the soldering portion of the first soldering member and the first end portion in a front-to-rear direction is different from the distance between the soldering portion of the second soldering member and the second end portion in the front-to-rear direction. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20150311609 | FOLDING SO-DIMM SOCKET - Sockets that provide easy access for users to change cards while allowing the use of thinner device enclosures. One example provides a socket having two positions. When the socket is in an open state, the card may be oriented in a direction substantially away from the main logic board. When the socket is in a closed state, the card moves such that it is oriented at least closer to being in parallel to the main logic board. | 10-29-2015 |
