US 12,476,400 B2
Power card edge connector with improved power terminals
Ming-Liu Xu, Kunshan (CN); Teng Qin, Kunshan (CN); Wen-Jun Tang, Kunshan (CN); Xue-Wu Bu, Kunshan (CN); and Hung-Chi Yu, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,537.
Claims priority of application No. 202221152176.5 (CN), filed on May 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0369793 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 13/115 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/737 (2013.01) [H01R 13/115 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power card edge connector comprising:
an insulating housing defining a mating face and a card slot opening through the mating face, the card slot defining a mating direction and an extending direction perpendicular to the mating direction; and
a power terminal comprising an inner piece and an outer piece stacked together, the inner piece comprising a first retaining portion and a first elastic portion slantwise extending from the first retaining portion, the outer piece comprising a second retaining portion and a second elastic portion slantwise extending from the second retaining portion, the first and second retaining portions attached together and retained in the insulating housing;
wherein the first elastic portion defines a first contacting portion, the second elastic portion is split into a second contacting portion and an abutting portion separated from each other, the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion are arranged side by side in the extending direction and protrude into the card slot, and the first contacting portion is pushable outward to abut against the abutting portion.