Patent ID: 6692268
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G06K,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A PC Card comprising:a) a jacket having: i) a plastic top cover shell with two protruding side flanges; ii) a plastic bottom cover shell with two protruding side flanges; iii) a fastening device connecting the top cover shell to the bottom cover shell; iv) locating grooves formed between the two protruding side flanges of the top cover shell and the bottom cover shell respectively; and v) a receiving chamber formed between the top cover shell and the bottom cover shell; and b) an interface adaptor having a circuit board with a first connector and a second connector at opposing ends thereof, the first and second connectors each have positioning rods inserted into the locating grooves of the jacket, such that the interface adaptor is firmly held within the jacket; c) a first electrically insulative reinforcing board connected to a top of the interface adaptor; and d) a second electrically insulative reinforcing board connected to a bottom of the interface adaptor, wherein the circuit board includes at least two locating holes, and the first and the second electrically insulative reinforcing boards each has at least one locating hole and at least one locating pin, wherein the at least one locating pin of the first electrically insulative reinforcing board is inserted through a first of the at least two locating holes of the circuit board and into the at least one locating pin of the second electrically insulative reinforcing board and the at least one locating pin of the second electrically insulative reinforcing board is inserted through a second of the at least two locating holes of the circuit board and into the at least one locating hole of the first electrically insulative reinforcing board.