Patent ID: 7753694
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A stacked connector assembly comprising: a first connector and a second connector stacked upon the first connector; said first connector including a first insulative housing cooperating with a first shell to define a first card receiving cavity for receiving a first card; said second connector including a second insulative housing cooperating with a second shell to define a second card receiving cavity for receiving a second card; a plurality of first contacts disposed in the first housing and extending into the first receiving cavity; a plurality of second contacts disposed in the second housing and extending into the second receiving cavity; a retainer member unitarily formed with said first housing and further defining a plurality of passageways in a vertical direction to circumferentially retainably hold vertical tails of the first and the second contacts; further comprising a converting plate having a third insulative housing and a plurality of third contacts retained in the third insulative housing; wherein no horizontal passageways are unitarily formed in said first housing to circumferentially hold the corresponding first contacts; wherein said retainer member further defines a downward receiving cavity receiving the converting plate to mechanically and electrically engage the third contacts with the corresponding tails of the first and the second contacts.