Patent ID: 6475000
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly comprising:a housing with a pair of projections commonly defining a space thereamong; a plurality of contacts retained in the housing with vertical connecting portions and horizontal soldering portions positioned in said space, the connecting portions of two opposite outermost contacts being forward offset from those of other contacts; a pair of opposite slots respectively formed in the projections; and a spacer defining a lower face downwardly abutting against the soldering portions, a pair of arms latchably engaged within the corresponding slots; wherein said spacer further includes a pair of recesses positioned beside the corresponding pair of arms, respectively, to not only respectively accommodate the corresponding connecting portions of said two outermost contacts therein but also increase resiliency of the corresponding arm aside for easy assembling the spacer to the housing; the housing having a front surface, a rear surface and a top surface; two arms extending from the rear surface of the housing in a rearward direction; the spacer being mounted to the front surface of the housing and having a back face interferentially engaging and elastically deforming the connecting portions of the contracts for placing the soldering portion of each contact in a desired angle with respect to the housing; a transmission for unloading a card, the transmission comprising an ejection plate rotatably mounted on said top surface and an ejection arm coupled with one of said arms, the ejection plate and the ejection arm being driving coupled to each other.