Information
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Patent Grant
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6227887
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Patent Number
6,227,887
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Date Filed
Thursday, December 16, 199924 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, May 8, 200123 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 439 485
- 439 160
- 439 159
- 439 61
- 439 631
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A card edge connector (1) including an insulative housing (10) defining a central slot (12) therein in a longitudinal direction with a plurality of contacts by two sides of the slot (12). A pair of towers (14) are positioned at two opposite ends of the housing (12). An ejector (16) is rotatably received within each tower (14). The ejector (16) includes a main body (26), with a kicker (28) at the bottom and a locker (30) at the top. A U-shaped retention wall (18) is formed on each tower (14) around the ejector (16). The retention wall (18) includes an end wall (20) bridging a pair of opposite side walls (22). Each said wall (22) defining a recess (24) extending therethrough in a lateral direction of the housing (10). A daughter board (100) defines an upper notch (102) and a lower notch (104) in each side portion (106). The recess (24) is aligned with the lower notch (104) when the daughter board (100) is fully embedded within the housing (10) so as to facilitating ventilation thereof when a plurality of connectors (1) and their associated daughter boards (100) are densely side by side positioned on a common mother board.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of The Invention
The invention relates to card edge connectors, and particularly to the card edge connectors each with ejectors at two opposite ends and commonly with one another in a side-by-side dense arrangement mounted on a printed circuit board.
2. The Prior Art
U.S. Pat. No. 5,634,803 discloses a DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) connector which is essentially a card edge connector with ejectors at two opposite ends. The ejector is rotatably mounted to the housing with a locking on the upper portion for latchably engaged within a notch in a side portion of the inserted daughter board. In application, multiple DIMMs are used on a limited area of the single mother board, thus requiring side-by-side dense arrangement thereof. Also, recently because the daughter board may be loaded with more heavy electronic components thereon and is required to endure more server condition when testing, the daughter board is modified to form two notches in each side portion thereof to cooperate with the two corresponding upper and lower lockers formed on each ejector for double retention between the DIMM and the daughter board and resisting the server vibration situation, thus assuring reliability of the whole assembly.
Anyhow, the heat generated by the daughter boards and accumulated around the side by side densely arranged DIMMs may be a problem for signal transmission. Rather than using an fan directing to the DIMMS, an economic design in the DIMM connector is desired to somewhat eliminate heat problem.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to an aspect of the invention, a card edge connector including an insulative housing defining a central slot therein in a longitudinal direction with a plurality of contacts by two sides of the slot. A pair of towers are positioned at two opposite ends of the housing. An ejector is rotatably received within each tower. The ejector includes a main body, with a kicker at the bottom and a locker at the top. A U-shaped retention wall is formed on each tower around the ejector. The retention wall includes an end wall bridging a pair of opposite side walls. Each said wall defining a recess extending therethrough in a lateral direction of the housing. A daughter board defines upper and lower notches in each side portion. The recess is aligned with the lower notch when the daughter board is fully embedded within the housing so as to facilitating ventilation thereof when a plurality of connectors and their associated daughter board are densely side by side positioned on a common mother board.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is an exploded perspective view of a DIMM connector and the associated daughter board according to the invention.
FIG. 2
is a perspective view of the DIMM connector and the associated daughter board assembled with each other of FIG.
1
.
FIG. 3
is a partially enlarged exploded perspective view of the housing and the ejector of the connector of FIG.
1
.
FIG. 4
is a partially enlarged perspective view of the assembled housing and ejector of the connector of FIG.
1
.
FIG. 5
is a partially enlarged perspective view of the assembled connector and associated daughter board of FIG.
2
.
FIG. 6
is a perspective view of a plurality of connectors and the associated assembled daughter boards of
FIG. 1
which are side by side densely arranged with one another.
FIG. 7
is a partially enlarged perspective view of the plurality of connectors and associate daughter boards of FIG.
6
to show how the recesses of the connectors and the corresponding lower notches of the daughter boards are aligned with one another.
FIG. 8
is a plan view of the connectors and the daughter boards of
FIG. 7
to show the ventilation effect thereof.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring to
FIGS. 1-5
, the DIMM connector
1
includes an insulative housing
10
defining a central slot
12
along a longitudinal direction thereof with a plurality of contacts (not shown) positioned by two sides of the slot
12
. A pair of towers
14
are located at two opposite ends of the housing
10
. An ejector
16
is rotatably received within each tower
14
. A U-shaped retention wall
18
is formed on each tower
14
. The U-shaped retention wall
18
defines an end wall
20
bridging a pair of side walls
22
. A recess
24
is formed in each side wall
22
at a predetermined height. The ejector
16
includes a main body
26
with a kicker
28
at the bottom and a locker
30
at the top thereof.
A daughter board
100
defines an upper notch
102
and a lower notch
104
on each side portion
106
.
When assembled, two side portions
106
of the daughter board
100
is retainably received between the retention walls
18
of the housing
10
, a bottom portion of the daughter board
100
is fully embedded within the slot
12
, the locker
30
is latchably engaged within the upper notch
102
, and the recesses
24
in each pair of side walls
22
are aligned with the corresponding lower notch
104
in a lateral direction of the housing
10
.
Referring to
FIGS. 6-8
, a plurality of assembled connectors
1
and associated daughter boards
100
are densely side by side arranged with one another wherein a passage P is formed along the recesses
24
and the lower notches
104
for ventilation purpose.
While the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, the description is illustrative of the invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention. Various modifications to the present invention can be made to the preferred embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Therefore, persons of ordinary skill in this field are to understand that all such equivalent structures are to be included within the scope of the following claims.
Claims
- 1. An electrical assembly comprising:a plurality of connectors side by side arranged with one another, each connector including: an insulative housing defining a central slot along a longitudinal direction thereof; a pair of towers positioned at two ends of the housing; a pair of side walls formed on each tower; an ejector rotatably positioned at each tower; at least a recess formed in one of said side walls and said ejector in a lateral direction of the housing; and a daughter board received in each of said connectors, each daughter board including a notch in a side portion thereof; said ejector defining a main body with a kicker at a bottom portion thereof and a locker at an upper portion thereof; wherein said daughter board is assembled to the housing with a bottom portion of the daughter board being received within the central slot, the locker of the ejector is latchably engaged with the daughter board, and the recess is aligned with the corresponding notch in a lateral direction of the housing so as to form a passage across the connectors and the associated daughter boards for ventilation purpose.
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Date |
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5634803 |
Cheng et al. |
Jun 1997 |
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5672069 |
Cheng et al. |
Sep 1997 |
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