Patent ID: 6506074
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card edge connector assembly comprising:an insulating housing attached to a mother board; the insulating housing having a front part and a rear part and a first daughter board accommodating recess and a second daughter board accommodating recess formed in a plurality of tiers in the front part of the insulating housing; the first and the second daughter board accommodating recesses having an upper side and a lower side; a plurality of first contacts having integral first and second contact parts mounted from the rear part of the housing such that the first contact part is received in the upper side of the first daughter board accommodating recess and the second contact part is received in the upper side of the second daughter board accommodating recess; the first contacts having a first tine that extends from the rear part of the housing and is mounted to the mother board; a plurality of second contacts having first and second contact members mounted from the front part of the housing such that the first contact member is received in the lower side of the first daughter board accommodating recess and the second contact member is received in the lower side of the second daughter board accommodating recess; the second contact member having a second tine that extends from the front part of the housing and is mounted to the mother board; and a conductive member mounted in the rear part of the housing opposite the first and the second daughter board accommodating recesses that electrically connects the first contact member to the second contact member.