Patent ID: 8696389
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A card edge connector for mating to a flex circuit, the card edge connector comprising: a housing having a front, a top and a bottom, the housing having a slot between the top and the bottom, the slot being open at the front, the slot being configured to receive the flex circuit therein; upper contacts held by the housing between the slot and the top, the upper contacts being exposed in the slot for mating with an upper surface of the flex circuit, the upper contacts being wire contacts having a uniform cross-sectional area along a length of the corresponding upper contact; and lower contacts held by the housing between the slot and the bottom, the lower contacts being exposed in the slot for mating with a lower surface of the flex circuit, the lower contacts being wire contacts having a uniform cross-sectional area along a length of the corresponding lower contact.