Patent ID: 6089882
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector securable to an edge of a circuit card in fabricating a memory card, comprising:an insulative housing having an array of contacts extending from a mating face to a rear face and including solder tails extending from the rear face associated with conductive pads of a circuit card; andat least one grounding clip mountable to a section of said housing along said rear face and including a ground tab adapted to be electrically connected to a ground circuit of the circuit card, and further including at least one spring arm disposed along an outer surface of said housing and diverging therefrom,whereby said at least one spring arm is engageable and deflectable toward said housing by a conductive cover for shielding said connector and said circuit card, thereby grounding said cover to the ground circuit of said circuit card.