Patent ID: 6287129
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card connector assembly for connecting a card to a mother board, comprising:a header connector comprising an insulating housing defining a plurality of passageways through opposite engaging and mounting faces of said insulating housing and a plurality of terminals received in said passageways, each terminal comprising a first end extending out of said engaging face for engaging with an electrical card and a second end extending out of said mounting face;a spacer defining a plurality of through holes through which the second ends of the terminals extend, said spacer forming a pair of studs extending rearwards therefrom;a daughter board being so located that the spacer is located between the header connector and the daughter board, said daughter board comprising a plurality of conductive holes to which the second ends of the terminals are soldered, the daughter board defining a pair of recesses, in lateral edges thereof, fittingly receiving said pair of studs of the spacer at a position about lateral sides of the daughter board, respectively; anda rear socket adapted to be mounted to a mother board, said rear socket defining a slot into which a lower edge of the board is inserted so that the header connector and the rear socket are electrically connected together;wherein said spacer forms two downwardly extending legs fittingly received in the rear socket.