Patent ID: 6394843
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card connector for interconnecting a card and a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising:a U-shaped insulative frame including a transverse base, a mounting arm and an ejecting arm, the mounting arm and the ejecting arm perpendicularly extending from opposing ends of the base; a plurality of terminals retained in the base; a bottom shell including a U-shaped bottom wall, a back wall, an intermittent mounting sidewall and an intermittent ejecting sidewall upwardly extending from peripheral edges of the bottom wall, each of said mounting sidewall and said ejecting sidewall forms a plurality of locking elements; and a top shell including a top wall, a first intermittent sidewall and a second intermittent sidewall, the first and second sidewalls downwardly extending from opposing edges of the top wall, each of said first and second sidewalls defines a plurality of locking holes interlocked to said locking elements in said bottom shell, the top and bottom shells enclose the frame and define a card-receiving space therebetween; wherein said back wall defines a plurality of through holes for solder portions of said terminals to extend therethrough; wherein said bottom wall includes a transverse body, a first arm and a second arm, the first and the second arms perpendicularly extend from opposing ends of the body, and said base, said mounting arm and said ejecting arm of the frame are respectively mounted on the body, the first arm and the second arm of the bottom wall; wherein said top shell includes a guide for limiting a horizontal swing of said card, the guide downwardly extending from a front end of said top shell and inwardly extending from its front surface parallel to said second sidewall.