Connector with side-swipe contacts

Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With guide for directing panel circuit movement

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439325, 439347, H01R 1362

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054275342

ABSTRACT:
A sliding contact for providing an electrical connection between a side contact of a PC card and a terminal accessible to a host device is disclosed. The disclosed sliding contact is disposed in a side rail of an ejection mechanism for receiving and ejecting the PC card and comprises a channel (16-5) in the side rail; a sliding member disposed in the channel and comprising a first part (16-2) and a second part (16-3) attached to the first part, the first part being electrically conductive; a first electrically conductive spring member (16-1) connected at a first end to the terminal (16-6) accessible to the host device and having at a second end a sliding contact with the first part (16-2) of the sliding member, the first spring member providing a first force for urging the sliding member toward the PC card; and a second spring member (16-4) providing a second force for urging the sliding member toward the PC card.

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Roger C. Alford, "The PCMCIA Redefines Portability," BYTE, Dec. 1992, pp. 237-242.

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