Patent ID: 6129562
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A straddle mounting type memory card connector installed in a circuit board to receive a memory card, comprising:a connector body, said connector body comprising an elongated terminal holder base, two parallel arms perpendicularly extended from two distal ends of said terminal holder base and defining a receiving space for receiving a memory card, and two locating blocks respectively formed integral with said arms and said terminal holder base, said locating blocks each having a horizontal coupling groove respectively engaged with the wall thickness of the circuit board;two rows of terminals respectively mounted in said terminal holder base at different elevations and clamped on top and bottom side walls of the circuit board in contact with respective contacts at the circuit board for receiving respective terminals at a memory card; anda metal supporting plate mounted on the arms of said connector body to fix the pitch between the arms of said connector body.