EP0529345A3 - Card edge connector assembly - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0529345A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: connector assembly; edge connector; card edge; card; assembly
Prior art date: 1991-08-05
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19920113141

Other versions

EP0529345A2 (en

EP0529345B1 (en

Inventor

Kent E. Regnier

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Molex LLC

Original Assignee

Molex LLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1991-08-05

Filing date

1992-08-01

Publication date

1993-05-26

1992-08-01 Application filed by Molex LLC filed Critical Molex LLC

1993-03-03 Publication of EP0529345A2 publication Critical patent/EP0529345A2/en

1993-05-26 Publication of EP0529345A3 publication Critical patent/EP0529345A3/en

1996-12-11 Application granted granted Critical

1996-12-11 Publication of EP0529345B1 publication Critical patent/EP0529345B1/en

2012-08-01 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/70—Coupling devices
- H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
- H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
- H01R12/721—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/50—Fixed connections
- H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
- H01R12/55—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals
- H01R12/58—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals terminals for insertion into holes
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/70—Coupling devices
- H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
- H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/70—Coupling devices
- H01R12/82—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force

EP92113141A 1991-08-05 1992-08-01 Card edge connector assembly Expired - Lifetime EP0529345B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US74036591A	1991-08-05	1991-08-05
US740365		1991-08-05

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0529345A2 EP0529345A2 (en)	1993-03-03
EP0529345A3 true EP0529345A3 (en)	1993-05-26
EP0529345B1 EP0529345B1 (en)	1996-12-11

Family

ID=24976198

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP92113141A Expired - Lifetime EP0529345B1 (en)	1991-08-05	1992-08-01	Card edge connector assembly

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0529345B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPH0828257B2 (en)
KR (1)	KR930005294A (en)
DE (1)	DE69215792T2 (en)
SG (1)	SG43825A1 (en)

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FR2705501B1 (en) *	1993-05-14	1995-08-04	Framatome Connectors France	Connector for connection between printed circuit boards.
JPH0992415A (en) *	1995-09-22	1997-04-04	Sumitomo Wiring Syst Ltd	Card edge connector
JP2001118629A (en) *	1999-10-18	2001-04-27	Jst Mfg Co Ltd	Cooling method of connector and electronic module mounted on the connector
US7044773B2 (en)	2002-08-01	2006-05-16	Ddk Ltd.	Connector
JP4578931B2 (en)	2004-10-18	2010-11-10	第一電子工業株式会社	connector
JP4948575B2 (en) *	2009-07-24	2012-06-06	株式会社デンソー	Card edge connector and assembly method thereof
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US9819129B2 (en)	2013-10-04	2017-11-14	Western Digital Technologies, Inc.	Hard disk drive with feedthrough connector
US9196303B2 (en)	2014-03-06	2015-11-24	HGST Netherlands, B.V.	Feedthrough connector for hermetically sealed electronic devices
US9431759B2 (en)	2014-10-20	2016-08-30	HGST Netherlands B.V.	Feedthrough connector for hermetically sealed electronic devices
US10468798B2 (en) *	2017-07-31	2019-11-05	Fci Usa Llc	Electrical contact pre-load structure
US11600950B2 (en)	2017-12-14	2023-03-07	Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.	High-speed signal connector and receptacle assembly equipped therewith and transceiver module assembly equipped therewith

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CH611079A5 (en) *	1976-10-12	1979-05-15	Standard Telephon & Radio Ag	Multi-pole recessed-pin plug
US4343523A (en) *	1980-05-27	1982-08-10	Ford Motor Company	Printed circuit board edge connector
US4542950A (en) *	1984-02-21	1985-09-24	International Business Machines Corporation	Zero insertion force edge connector with wipe cycle
US4598966A (en) *	1983-03-03	1986-07-08	International Business Machines Corporation	Non-shorting pin system

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US4712848A (en) *	1986-04-17	1987-12-15	Molex Incorporated	Edge board connector with positive board lock
US4780095A (en) *	1987-03-17	1988-10-25	Digital Equipment Corporation	Edge connector for circuit boards
JPS63160683U (en) *	1987-04-08	1988-10-20
JP3010487U (en) *	1994-10-21	1995-05-02	有限会社ホシナ産業	camera

1992
- 1992-08-01 SG SG1996001552A patent/SG43825A1/en unknown
- 1992-08-01 DE DE69215792T patent/DE69215792T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1992-08-01 EP EP92113141A patent/EP0529345B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-08-04 KR KR1019920013979A patent/KR930005294A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1992-08-04 JP JP4228095A patent/JPH0828257B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
CH611079A5 (en) *	1976-10-12	1979-05-15	Standard Telephon & Radio Ag	Multi-pole recessed-pin plug
US4343523A (en) *	1980-05-27	1982-08-10	Ford Motor Company	Printed circuit board edge connector
US4598966A (en) *	1983-03-03	1986-07-08	International Business Machines Corporation	Non-shorting pin system
US4542950A (en) *	1984-02-21	1985-09-24	International Business Machines Corporation	Zero insertion force edge connector with wipe cycle

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
KR930005294A (en)	1993-03-23
JPH05217642A (en)	1993-08-27
EP0529345A2 (en)	1993-03-03
EP0529345B1 (en)	1996-12-11
JPH0828257B2 (en)	1996-03-21
SG43825A1 (en)	1997-11-14
DE69215792D1 (en)	1997-01-23
DE69215792T2 (en)	1997-06-26

Publication	Publication Date	Title
SG43090A1 (en)	1997-10-17	Card edge connector assembly
SG46311A1 (en)	1998-02-20	Improved edge card connector
EP0605204A3 (en)	1995-09-06	Card edge connectors.
SG44612A1 (en)	1997-12-19	Biased edge card connector
EP0688067A3 (en)	1996-06-19	Angled card edge connector
AU1594192A (en)	1992-11-19	Circuit card connector
EP0524358A3 (en)	1993-02-24	A card connector
EP0532366A3 (en)	1993-08-11	Connector assembly
EP0532160A3 (en)	1993-04-21	Card grounding system
GB9103902D0 (en)	1991-04-10	Electrically-protected connector
EP0511649A3 (en)	1993-02-17	Connector
GB2261330B (en)	1996-03-06	Electrcial connector
EP0537883A3 (en)	1993-08-18	Connector assembly
EP0503661A3 (en)	1992-11-25	Connector
SG49161A1 (en)	1998-05-18	Flat back card connector
GB9306177D0 (en)	1993-05-19	Smart card connector
EP0538782A3 (en)	1993-08-04	Connector
EP0637857A3 (en)	1996-07-10	Card edge connector.
KR100211272B1 (en)	1999-07-15	Hold-down connector
US5509826B1 (en)	1998-03-10	Very low profile card edge connector
EP0690531A3 (en)	1997-06-25	Micropitch card edge connector
EP0336329A3 (en)	1990-10-10	Card connector
EP0526053A3 (en)	1993-06-23	Connector
SG43825A1 (en)	1997-11-14	Card edge connector assembly
SG66333A1 (en)	1999-07-20	Edge card connector

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