Patent ID: 6077088
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A card bus connector for being mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of grounding traces thereon, comprising;an insulative housing having a connecting portion and a pair of receiving arms extending from distal ends of the connecting portion, each receiving arm defining a guiding groove therein;a plurality of contact terminals received in passageways defined through the connecting portion;a metal strip received in each guiding groove of each receiving arm of the housing for contacting a metal cover of an inserted electrical card; anda grounding plate firmly positioned between the connecting portion and the receiving arms of the housing and electrically contacting said metal strips, the grounding plate having a front portion directly contacting the grounding traces of the printed circuit board thereby forming a grounding path which electrically connects the inserted electrical card to the grounding traces via said metal strips, the front portion of the grounding plate is located adjacent to an insertion entrance of the inserted electrical card in the connector and forms a number of grounding portions and a talon-like retaining portion along the front portion thereof the front portion of the grounding plate slopes downward and forms a curved edge which contacts the grounding traces of the printed circuit board the grounding plate is located between the inserted electrical card and the printed circuit board and the grounding portions contacting the grounding traces of the printed circuit board and retaining portions snugly engaging an edge of the printed circuit board for increasing the retention strength of the card bus connector thereon portions.