US5308251A
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Mounting bracket with ESD protection for an electrical connector
Assignee: Whitaker LLC
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Filing: 1992-12-08
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Granted: 1994-05-03
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Expires: 2012-12-08
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector (1) comprises; a housing (2), a card receiving mouth (3), electrical contacts (4), prong receiving sockets (26) on the housing, (2) card guide arms (5, 6), a prong (25) on each of the guide arms (5, 6) for locking engagement with any one of the sockets (26), and a mounting bracket (64) engaging a ground plane (74) on a memory card (73) and being shunted to a ground plane on a circuit board (9).
Inventors
- 👤 John W. Kaufman
- 👤 John L. Broschard, III
- 👤 John A. Woratyla
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 06:16
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/0013; G06K7/0047; G06K13/00; G06K13/02; G06K13/08; G06K13/0806; G06K7/0056; G06K7/0082; H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/7005; H01R12/7011; H01R12/7047; H01R12/7064; H01R12/707; H01R12/71; H01R12/712; H01R12/716; H05; H05K; H05K5/00; H05K5/02; H05K5/0256; H05K5/0286; H05K7/00; H05K7/14; H05K7/1417; H05K7/1418
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
An electrical connector comprising: a housing; a card receiving mouth in the housing; electrical contacts carried by the housing in the mouth; guide arms on opposite sides of the mouth; a card receiving groove on each of the guide arms; a grounding contact in each groove, each grounding contact comprising; a resilient spring finger projecting in the card receiving groove of a guide arm to engage a card inserted along the card receiving groove, a base providing a solder connection to a circuit board, a finger, an arm between the base and the finger, and the finger and the arm clasping the guide arm to provide a secure connection of the grounding contact to the guide arm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
An electrical connector comprising: a housing; a card receiving mouth in the housing; electrical contacts carried by the housing in the mouth; guide arms on opposite sides of the mouth; a card receiving groove on each of the guide arms; a grounding contact in each groove, each grounding contact comprising; a resilient spring finger projecting in the card receiving groove of a guide arm to engage a card inserted along the card receiving groove, a base providing a solder connection to a circuit board, a finger, an arm between the base and the finger, and the finger and the arm clasping the guide arm to provide a secure connection of the grounding contact to the guide arm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
An electrical connector as recited in claim 1, further comprising: a bight formed by the finger, the bight being wrapped around an end of the guide arm and providing a cantilever support for the resilient finger enabling deflection of the resilient finger in a plane parallel to a plane of the base and parallel to a plane of a solder connection to a circuit board.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An electrical connector as recited in claim 1, further comprising: a bend separating the base from the arm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
140 words
An electrical connector comprising: a housing; a card receiving mouth in the housing; electrical contacts carried by the housing in the card receiving mouth; guide arms on opposite sides of the card receiving mouth; a card receiving groove on each of the guide arms; a grounding contact at an end of each of the guide arms, each grounding contact comprising: a base providing a solder connection to a circuit board, a finger, a resilient spring finger extending from the finger and projecting in the card receiving groove of a guide arm to engage a card inserted along the card receiving groove, the finger being wrapped around said end of the guide arm; and a mouth at said end of the guide arm for receiving a card to be engaged by the ground contact at said end of the guide arm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
140 words
An electrical connector comprising: a housing; a card receiving mouth in the housing; electrical contacts carried by the housing in the card receiving mouth; guide arms on opposite sides of the card receiving mouth; a card receiving groove on each of the guide arms; a grounding contact at an end of each of the guide arms, each grounding contact comprising: a base providing a solder connection to a circuit board, a finger, a resilient spring finger extending from the finger and projecting in the card receiving groove of a guide arm to engage a card inserted along the card receiving groove, the finger being wrapped around said end of the guide arm; and a mouth at said end of the guide arm for receiving a card to be engaged by the ground contact at said end of the guide arm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
68 words
An electrical connector as recited in claim 4, and further comprising: a bend separating the base from the arm, a bight formed by the finger, the bight being wrapped around said end of the guide arm, the bight being formed by said finger and providing a cantilever support for the resilient finger enabling deflection of the resilient finger in a plane parallel to a plane of the base.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
76 words
An electrical connector as recited in claim 4, and further comprising: a bight engaging said end of the guide arm, the bight being formed by said finger wrapped around the end of the guide arm and providing a cantilever support for the resilient finger enabling deflection of the resilient finger in a plane parallel to a plane of the base and parallel to a plane of a solder connection of the base to a circuit board.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
An electrical connector as recited in claim 6, further comprising: a bend separating the base from the arm.
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