Patent Application
20130109208
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a card edge connector and more particularly to a card edge connector with a lock mechanism.
2. Description of Related Art
U.S. Pat. No. 7,789,681, issued on Sep. 7, 2010, discloses a related card edge connector which includes an elongated insulative housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the housing and a pair of lock mechanisms pivoted on two opposited ends of the housing. The lock mechanism is pivot in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the insulative housing, thus can shorten the longitudinal size of the insulative housing and can adapt to a miniaturization trends of a printed circuit board. However, said card edge connector is a slanted type card edge connector and have not enough space to operate the lock mechanism.
Hence, an improved card edge connector is desired to overcome the above problems.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a card edge connector can easy to operate the lock mechanism.
To achieve the above object, a card edge connector comprises an elongated insulative housing and a plurality of terminals retained in the housing. The elongated insulative housing defining an elongated slot for insertion of a daughter card and a pair of towers positioned at two opposite ends thereof The terminals protruded into the elongated slot for mating with the daughter card. At least one lock mechanism pivoted on the housing, the lock mechanism defining a locking portion locking with the daughter card, an operating portion moving the lock mechanism, an ejecting portion ejecting the daughter card out of the elongated slot, and a body portion connecting with said portions, a depression being formed at one end of the lock mechanism close to the locking portion. The card edge connector further comprises a handle column received in the depression and extending out of the depression.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Reference will be made to the drawing figures to describe the present invention in detail, wherein depicted elements are not easily shown to scale and wherein like or similar elements are designated by same or similar reference numeral through the several views and same or similar terminology.
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The tower 12 defines two mutually parallel sidewalls 121 and a connecting wall 122 connecting with the two sidewalls 121, said towers 12 defines a receiving slot 123 surrounded by the two sidewalls 121 and the connecting wall 122. Each of the sidewalls 121 defines a hollow 1212 depressed from an outer surface to the receiving slot 123 and each of the hollow 1212 has a semicircular shape structure on an upper end, each of the sidewalls 121 defines a guide groove 1213 depressed from an inner surface to the outer surface and running through a lower end of the guide groove 1213 to formed a pivoting hole 1214 for pivotably receiving the lock mechanism 5. The upper end of the hollow 1212 and the lower end of the guide groove 1213 have a common center of circle, thus can reduce the degree complexity of a mold (not shown). Two obstructs 1215 are located on outsides of the guide grooves 1213 respectively and one of the sidewall 12 has a clipping slot 1211 communicates with the elongated slot 112 for clipping the daughter card 9.
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Said handle column 6 has a circular shape and defines a retaining section 62 and a handle 61 formed in a front end of the retaining section 62, the retaining section 62 is received in the depression 55. We can insert the handle column 6 into the depression 55 when the space is not enough to set a finger and then we can push the handle column 6 to move the lock mechanism 5. We also can take the handle column 6 out of the depression 55 when there have enough space to set a finger and then the space the card edge connector 100 occupies can be reduced.
Said correcting component 4 includes a cover 41 has a longitudinal body for covering the terminals and a spacer 42 coordinated with the cover 41. A locking section 411 extending forwardly from the cover 41 and a pair of retaining feet 412 extending downwardly from two opposite sides of the cover 41. Said locking section 411 is locked to the lock slot 1141 of the insulative housing 1 so as to make sure the cove 41 and the insulative housing 1 have a stable connection.
Said spacer 42 includes two sections matched on the insulative housing 1 on both sides of the key 13 respectively. The spacer 42 has a longitudinal body and defines a plurality of through holes 51 for receiving the terminals 2. The spacer 42 defines two openings 423 on the opposite sides thereof for being retained with the first bottom 1144, the second bottom 1151 and the retaining feet 412, and also defines second tubers 422 retained with the first retaining opening 1143 and the second retaining opening 1152 for making the spacer 42 and the insulative housing 1 retain together.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201120427935.X | Nov 2011 | CN | national |
