Patent ID: 6375483
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector adapted for connecting an electrical card with a printed circuit board, comprising:an insulative housing receiving a plurality of signal contacts therein; a switch for detecting full insertion of the electrical card, comprising: a fixed contact mounted on the housing and including a contact piece adapted to be connected with a first switch trace of the printed circuit board; and a resilient contact received in the housing, the resilient contact including a solder tab adapted to be soldered to a second switch trace of the printed circuit board and a spring arm contactable with the contact piece of the fixed contact; and an insulative guide frame slidably engaged with the housing and adapted for guiding the card into the housing, the guide frame having a wedge for controlling contact between the spring arm of resilient contact and the contact piece of the fixed contact; wherein the wedge is formed at a rear end of the guide frame and is interposed between the spring arm of the resilient contact and the contact piece of the fixed contact when the card is fully inserted into the connector, the wedge having a sharpened tip at a lower portion thereof; wherein the wedge is formed at a rear end of the guide frame and pressed the spring arm of the resilient contact to contact the contact piece of the fixed contact when the card is fully inserted into the connector, the wedge having a sharpened tip at an upper portion thereof; wherein the guide frame has two side bars at opposite sides thereof, each side bar forming a first step for supporting the card; wherein each side bar forms a second step below the first step, and wherein the housing includes two sidewalls, each sidewall defining a guiding-recess for cooperatively engaging with the corresponding second step; wherein the wedge is formed at a rear end of the second step; wherein the housing defines a trough therein for receiving the resilient contact, a pair of slots therein on opposite sides of the trough, and a hole therein at a front extremity of the trough through which the solder tab of the resilient contact extends; wherein the resilient contact comprises a fixing section, and a pair of fixing pieces depending from opposite sides of the fixing section for being retained in the corresponding slots of the housing; wherein the fixed contact is generally U-shaped and has an arm above the contact piece, and wherein the housing defines two grooves therein for respectively fixedly securing the contact piece and the arm therein.