Patent ID: 8075343
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card edge connector, comprising: an elongated housing having a top wall and a bottom wall opposed to each other, the top wall and bottom wall each defining a plurality of passageways; and a plurality of contacts comprising a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts being arranged in two rows and respectively retained in the top wall and bottom wall, each first contact having a first retaining portion retained in the passageways of the top wall, a first contact portion forwardly extending from a front end of the first retaining portion and a first connecting portion backwardly extending from a rear end of the first retaining portion, each second contact having a second retaining portion retained in the passageways of the bottom wall, a second contact portion forwardly extending from a front end of the second retaining portion and a second connecting portion extending from a rear end of the second retaining portion, the first contact portions and the second contact portions defining a first receiving space therebetween to receive a module, the first connecting portions and the second connecting portion defining a second receiving space therebetween to receive a mother board; wherein the first receiving space defines a first centre line along an insertion direction of the module, and the second receiving space defines a second centre line which is parallel to the first centre line and offset to the first centre line along an up to down direction perpendicular to the insertion direction.