Patent ID: 6174176
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A memory card connector installed in a circuit board to receive a memory card, and to connect the received memory card to the circuit board, the memory card connector comprising:a connector body, said connector body comprising an elongated terminal holder block, two arms formed on two distal ends of said elongated terminal holder block and arranged in parallel, a receiving space defined between said arms for receiving the memory card, said arms each having a rear end connected to said terminal holder block and a front end terminating in a locating means;a plurality of terminals respectively mounted in said terminal holder block and arranged into two parallel rows, said terminals each having a front end projecting into said receiving space and a rear end welded to a respective contact at the circuit board; andtwo metal guide bars respectively coupled to the locating means at said arms of said connector body for guiding the inserted memory card into contact with said terminals, said metal guide bars each comprising a hollow compartment of a coupling unit at a rear end thereof, said coupling unit receiving in said hollow compartment a corresponding one of said locating means of said connector body such that said hollow compartment surrounds said locating means, and a grounding unit respectively connected to a grounding circuit at the circuit board for guiding signal noise from the inserted memory card to the grounding circuit at the circuit board.