Patent ID: 6544074
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for making electrical connections with pads on an active face of a thin and flat circuit card, in combination with said circuit card, wherein said card has a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction and a predetermined width in a lateral direction, comprising:an insulative support which has a horizontal card-engaging face, said face having a contact-holding face part of predetermined lateral width which is at least half said card width, said support having a rear edge at a rear end of said contact-holding face part, and said support forming a stop for abutting a front edge of said card with said stop lying at a front end of said contact-holding face part; a plurality of pad-engaging contacts mounted on said insulative support and having pad-engaging ends projecting above said card-engaging face, with all of said pad-engaging ends lying within the area of said card-holding face part; a card hold-down lying above the level of said card-engaging face; said contacts have tails with soldering parts for soldering to traces on a board, and said soldering parts of said tails lie rearward of said rear edge of said card-supporting face part, and said card-supporting face having laterally opposite extension parts extending rearward of said soldering parts of said tails.