Patent ID: 6832933
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card edge connector for interconnecting a card and a printed circuit board, comprising:a dielectric housing having a card-receiving face and a terminating face opposite to the card-receiving face, the card-receiving face defining a central slot generally along a longitudinal axis of the housing adapted for receiving an edge of the card, at least one wire-receiving slot being defined at a lower central portion of the terminating face; a plurality of terminals comprising a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of power terminals, the signal terminals and the power terminals being received in the housing in a predetermined pattern adapted for electrically connecting the card received in the housing; and at least one wire received in the wire-receiving slot of the dielectric housing and electrically interconnecting the power terminals, each wire comprising an elongated portion and a pair of curved contacting portions formed at respective opposite ends of the elongated portion.