Patent ID: 6095830
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A card connector for connecting an upper and lower memory device to a printed circuit board having a ground circuit, comprising:a shell assembly to accommodate and cover at least a portion of the memory devices; anda pin connector assembly includingan insulating housing with a plurality of signal terminals mounted and arranged in upper and lower rows in the housing corresponding to the upper and lower memory devices, each signal terminal having a connection pin formed at one end and a solder tail formed at the other end, andan upper and lower grounding terminal corresponding to the upper and lower memory devices for connection to the ground circuit of the printed circuit board and arranged generally above the upper and lower rows of the connection pins, wherein the upper grounding terminal includes a downwardly extending rear wall including window apertures formed therein, and wherein the signal terminals of the upper rows pass through the window apertures of the rear wall without contacting the rear wall and terminate in solder tails adapted to be soldered to a surface of the printed circuit board.