Electrical connector with recessed bottom

• US 6,086,424 A
• Filed: 07/20/1998
• Issued: 07/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Yao-Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khiem
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zarroli, Michael C
• Application Number:
  US09/119,260
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 439/630, 439/83, 439/876, 439/260
• US Class Current: 439/630
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/57 surface mounting terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/24 resilient; resiliently-mounted
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/0263 for positioning or holding parts during soldering or welding process

Abstract

A SIM card connector includes a rectangular housing defining a number of contact passageways on opposite edges thereof, and a number of contacts retained in corresponding contact passageways of the housing. The rectangular housing comprises two opposite longitudinal sides and two opposite lateral sides and defines a recessed portion in a bottom face thereof through the longitudinal sides and the lateral sides. The recessed portion can accommodate a variety of electronic components and hot air can flow into the recessed portion from the longitudinal sides and the lateral sides of the housing to melt slug solders thereby securely connecting the electronic components to a PCB when the connector is mounted to the PCB.

Claims

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

a rectangular dielectric housing having a top face for proximity to an electrical card, a bottom face for proximity to a mother board, two longitudinal sides and two lateral sides between the top and bottom faces, a number of contact passageways extending from the two lateral sides toward a middle of the housing, and a lower recession in the bottom face having openings exposed to the longitudinal and lateral sides; and

a number of contacts fixedly received in the corresponding contact passageways, each contact having a contact portion projecting upwardly beyond the top face of the housing.

2. The electrical connector in accordance with claim 1, wherein the recession is exposed to the lateral sides of the housing via two opposite concave portions defined in the bottom face which are shallower than the recession.

3. The electrical connector in accordance with claim 1, wherein each contact has a fitting portion compressed by and interferentially engaging with the housing, each fitting portion defining a slit therein.

4. The electrical connector in accordance with claim 1, wherein each contact passageway has a depression defining a stop thereabove, and the contact portion of each contact has a free end retained by the corresponding stop so that a preload exists in the contact portion.

5. The connector in accordance with claim 4, wherein each contact passageway defines a channel with a flared inlet below the corresponding depression for guiding an insertion of the corresponding fitting portion of the contact into the corresponding contact passageway to fixedly engage with the housing.

6. The connector in accordance with claim 3, wherein each contact has a tail portion for being soldered to a mother board, the tail portion extending below the corresponding fitting portion in a direction away from the middle of the housing.

7. The connector in accordance with claim 3, wherein the contact portion of each contact is located above the corresponding fitting portion.

8. The connector in accordance with claim 7, wherein each contact has an arced portion connecting the corresponding fitting portion to the contact portion.

9. An electrical connector for connecting an electrical device to a mother board on which the electrical connector is mounted, comprising:

a housing defining a number of contact passageways; and

a number of contacts mounted into the corresponding contact passageways, each contact having a fitting portion defining a slit therein and compressed by and interferentially engaging with the housing, a contact portion extending from a first end of the fitting portion for connecting with the electrical device, and a tail portion extending from a second end of the fitting portion for being soldered to the mother board;

wherein

the housing has a top face from which the contact portions of the contacts project beyond, a bottom face opposite the top face and a perimeter between the top and bottom faces, the bottom face defining a recession exposed to the perimeter, and wherein the perimeter of the housing has a rectangular configuration with two longitudinal sides and two lateral sides, the recession exposed to the lateral sides via two opposite concave portions which are shallower than the recession.