Card edge connector with combined shielding and voltage drain protection.

摘要

A card edge connector (10) having a housing (12), an electromagnetic shield (16), and a voltage drain contact (44) directly fixedly attached to the shield (16). The voltage drain contact (44) has a contact area (64) located above the top of a center section of the housing (12). Electrical contact is made between the voltage drain contact (44) and a voltage drain pad (70) on a daughter board (18) before the daughter board (18) makes electrical contact with signal contacts in the housing (12). This avoids undesired surges of current.