(19)
(11) EP 0 654 870 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.08.1996 Bulletin 1996/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.05.1995 Bulletin 1995/21

(21) Application number: 94117817.0

(22) Date of filing: 11.11.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: H01R 23/70
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 22.11.1993 US 156171

(71) Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
Lisle Illinois 60532 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Banakis, Emanuel G.
    Naperville IL 60540 (US)
  • Janota, Kenneth F.
    Lisle IL 60532 (US)
  • Lang, Harold K.
    Fox River Grove IL 60021 (US)

(74) Representative: Blumbach, Kramer & Partner 
Patentanwälte, Sonnenberger Strasse 100
65193 Wiesbaden
65193 Wiesbaden (DE)

   


(54) Receptacle mounting means for IC card


(57) A receptacle connector (12) for an IC card (10) is provided for mounting on a surface of a circuit substrate (14). The connector includes a dielectric housing (40) having a forward mating face (42), a rearward terminating face (43), and a plurality of terminal-receiving passages (44)) extending therethrough. A plurality of conductive terminals (16) are received in the passages. Each terminal includes a surface mount tail portion (50) projecting from the rearward terminating face of the housing which includes a contact portion (52) for resiliently engaging an appropriate circuit trace (18) on the substrate. The contact portions are disposed in a generally coplanar elongate array. A mounting arm (46) is provided at each end of the housing for mounting the connector on the surface of the substrate. A pair of generally rectangularly configured mounting pegs (54) projects from a bottom mounting face of each mounting arm. Each pair of pegs "straddles" the elongated array of contact portions and is adapted to provide an interference fit within a corresponding mounting hole (56) in the circuit substrate to hold the connector to the substrate during processing.






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