Patent ID: 8715009
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An edge connector comprising: a housing formed therein with a plurality of compartments for receiving conductors; and at least one pair of conductors disposed in said compartments adjacent to each other along one side of said housing, said conductors having a contact portion, a terminal portion and a bent portion between the contact portion and the terminal portion, said bent portion of each pair of conductors being bent to opposite directions to form a shape symmetrical to each other, and at least the bent portions of the terminal portions of all the conductors being housed by the housing, where the terminal portion is located entirely below the bent portion, where the contact portion comprises an inverting bend proximate a top of the housing and a contact point extending down from the inverting bend, and where the edge connector is configured for transmitting signals in a frequency higher than 2.0 GHz.