Electrical connector having improved arrangement of terminals

Details Electrical connector having improved arrangement of terminals Electrical connector having improved arrangement of terminals

2000-12-26

2001-07-17

Ta, Tho D. (Department: 2833)

Electrical connectors

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C439S630000

Reexamination Certificate

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06261113

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electrical connector for providing an interconnection between an electronic card and a printed circuit board, and particularly to an electrical connector having an improved arrangement of terminals.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventional electrical connectors, such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,527,192 and 5,823,828, generally have a plurality of first and second terminals respectively mounted on two opposite sides of a housing. The first and second terminals are secured in the housing by way of insert molding.
Two sets of locating devices are required to be respectively placed on opposite sides of the mold for fixing the first and second terminals in the mold during manufacturing. With this design, the man-hour and monetary cost of the molding operation is relatively high.
This invention is directed to solving the above problems and satisfying the need for a simple and low-cost connector.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A main object, therefore, of the present invention is to provide an improved arrangement of terminals to simplify the manufacturing process of an electrical connector.
An electrical connector in accordance with the present invention comprises an insulative housing mountable to a printed circuit board, a first and second pluralities of electrical terminals received in the insulative housing and a tray slidably mounted in the housing for retaining asubscriber identification module (SIM) card. Each terminal comprises a solder portion and a contact portion, wherein the solder portions of the first and second terminals are laterally aligned in a single row and the second terminals are bent so that the contact portions of the second terminals are longitudinally aligned with corresponding contact portions of the first terminals.


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patent: 5707245 (1998-01-01), Yamamoto et al.
patent: 6059586 (2000-05-01), Watanabe et al.
patent: 6129588 (2000-10-01), Chang

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