Patent ID: 6132223
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
A PC adaptor card for connecting to contact pads of a IC stick, which includes a circuit board with front and rear ends and a plurality of conductive traces, a front connector lying at said PC card front end and having front contacts connected to said traces, and a cover with top and bottom cover halves that each includes a sheet metal cover part that covers said circuit board, with said sheet metal cover parts having vertically spaced rear ends forming a space between them, comprising:an IC stick connector mounted on said circuit board and having pad-engageable contacts connected to said traces;a guide that includes a rear cap portion that occupies said space between said sheet metal part rear ends, said rear cap portion including a horizontally-extending slot with at least laterally opposite guide slot side walls that closely guide said IC stick in movement forwardly into said PC adaptor card, with said IC stick connector being aligned with said slot so contact pads on the IC stick engage the pad-engageable contacts.