Dual purpose card edge connector

Details Dual purpose card edge connector Dual purpose card edge connector

1989-04-17

1989-09-26

Bradley, P. Austin

Electrical connectors

Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...

With mating connector which receives panel circuit edge

439630, 439636, H01R 909

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048696722

ABSTRACT:
A dual purpose card edge connector which can accept a printed circuit card having conductive pads on one center-line spacing or another printed circuit card having conductive pads on a different center-line spacing. More particularly, contact portions on contact elements disposed in an insulating housing are alternatively located at two different levels to cooperate with positioning members in the card receiving slot so that a circuit card not having edge notches is positioned on the positioning members and the conductive pads are engaged by the contact portions at the upper level while a circuit card having edge notches slide past the positioning members and the conductive pads thereon is engaged by the contact portions at both levels.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4095866 (1978-06-01), Merrill
patent: 4298237 (1981-11-01), Griffith et al.
patent: 4684194 (1987-08-01), Jenkins
patent: 4705338 (1987-11-01), Sitzler
patent: 4720156 (1988-01-01), Beers
patent: 4806103 (1989-02-01), Kniese et al.

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