Patent ID: 8727809

Claim:
An edge card connector comprising: a connector housing; a plurality of center conductors disposed in the connector housing, spaced apart from one another, and arranged to make contact with a surface of an edge card when the edge card is inserted into the edge card connector; and a plurality of shields disposed in the connector housing, surrounding three sides of a corresponding one of the plurality of center conductors, and arranged to make contact with the surface of the edge card when the edge card is inserted into the edge card connector; wherein each of the plurality of center conductors includes a fixed portion that is fixed with respect to the connector housing and a movable portion that is movable with respect to the connector housing; each of the plurality of shields includes a fixed portion that is fixed with respect to the connector housing and a movable portion that is movable with respect to the connector housing; and only air is located between the movable portion of each of the plurality of center conductors and the corresponding movable portion of each of the plurality of shields.