(19)
(11) EP 0 975 054 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/04

(21) Application number: 99113364.6

(22) Date of filing: 10.07.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 12/18
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 17.07.1998 US 120527
22.07.1998 US 121316

(71) Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
Lisle Illinois 60532-1682 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Tung, Shyh-Lin
    Taiping City, Taichung Hsien (TW)
  • Lang, Harold Keith
    Fox River Grove, IL 60021 (US)
  • Panella, Augusto P.
    Naperville, IL 60564 (US)
  • Triner, Irvin R.
    Willow Springs, IL 60480 (US)
  • Walse, Alan S.
    LaGrange, IL 60525 (US)

(74) Representative: Blumbach, Kramer & Partner GbR 
Patentanwälte, Alexandrastrasse 5
65187 Wiesbaden
65187 Wiesbaden (DE)

   


(54) High performance card edge connector


(57) A card edge connector for mounting on a circuit board (14) and removably receiving a circuit card (16) includes an elongated housing (26) defining a card receiving slot (34). Numerous terminal receiving cavities (44, 46) intersect and extend to both sides of the slot (34). Alternate cavities include stamped reference (ground or power) terminals (60) and signal terminals (62), all having downwardly extending board contacts (72, 92) and upwardly extending spring arms (76, 78; 96, 98). There are numerous similar sets of face to face contacts, each including a reference contact parallel to and substantially overlying an opposed pair of signal contacts.






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