Patent Application
20140080326
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a connector.
2. Description of Related Art
When seating most expansion card in an expansion slot of a motherboard of a computer, the expansion card must be perpendicular to the motherboard to properly seat the connector of the expansion card into the slot. However, if the side of the enclosure facing the motherboard cannot be or is difficult to be removed or not high enough above the motherboard to allow the connector of the expansion card to be inserted into the slot, it may be impossible to install the expansion card in the slot. This is an inconvenience.
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the view.
The disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated by way of examples and not by way of limitation. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
A top of the base 20 defines a slot 200. The slot 200 extends through an end of the base 20. In other words, the slot 200 includes a lateral opening and a top opening. The metal pins 23 are mounted inside the slot 200. Each metal pin 23 extends through a bottom of the base 20. The mounting pins 22 perpendicularly extend down from a bottom surface of the base 20, and are used to fix the connector on the PCB 1.
When the connector is fixed on the PCB 1, the metal pins 23 are electronically connected to corresponding traces on the PCB 1. For example, the power pins of the metal pins 23 are electronically connected to power traces on the PCB 1, and the signal pins of the metal pins 23 are electronically connected to signal traces on the PCB 1.
In the embodiment, the metal pins 23 include four power pins and ten signal pins. Each power pin is a metal sheet 2300. Each signal pin is a metal sheet 2320. The four metal sheets 2300 are arranged in an array with two rows and two columns, and every two metal sheets 2300 in a same column are opposite to each other. The ten metal sheets 2320 are arranged in an array with two rows and five columns, and every two metal sheets 2320 in a same column are opposite to each other.
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In other embodiments, if the edge connectors are on only one side of the external card 6, the base 20 includes only one row of metal sheets. The other row of metal sheets can be replaced with non-conducting fixing sheets. When the card 6 is plugged into the connector, the metal sheets in the base 20 contact with the edge connectors 60, and the other side of the card 6 contacts with the non-conductive sheets, and the card 6 is fixed in the base 20.
The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of disclosure above. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the disclosure and their practical application so as to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the disclosure and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those of ordinary skills in the art to which the present disclosure pertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, the scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments described therein.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012103458826 | Sep 2012 | CN | national |
