Patent ID: 6231389
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electronic card connector adapted to be fixed in an electronic card and electrically engaged with a circuit board within the electronic card, comprising:an insulative housing fixed to a casing of the electronic card, the housing having an outer face exposed through an opening defined in a mounting frame of the casing of the electronic card and an opposite inner face, a slot being defined in the housing between the outer and inner faces for receiving a plurality of contact elements with a tail end of each contact element extending beyond the inner face for electrically engaging with the circuit board, the slot being adapted to receive a mating connector therein for establishing electrical connection between the contact elements and the mating connector;retaining means comprising a pair of opposing barbs resiliently supported within the slot for engaging with and thus retaining the mating connector in the slot of the housing; anda shielding member attached to the housing and comprising a central section positioned on a top face of the housing and two J-shaped end sections fit over two end blocks of the housing, each end block of the housing having a bottom face adapted to be positioned on the circuit board, each J-shaped end section of the shielding member comprising an end tab engaging with the bottom face of a corresponding end block and positioned on the circuit board of the electronic card to be electrically connected thereto, the end tab forming sharpened teeth engaging with the insulative housing.