Electrical edge connector

摘要

An edge connector having an opening (24) for receiving a printed circuit board (26) and having two opposed rows of contacts (28, 30) for making electrical contact with conductive pads on opposite sides of the board. The contacts in one row are normally in engagement with corresponding contacts in the opposed row at a location inwardly of the outer end of the contacts, thereby electrically shorting the contact ends (Figure 4a). Insertion of the leading edge of the board into a slot between the two rows of contacts causes the contacts to make electrical contact with conductive pads on both sides of the board (Figure 4b). Further insertion of the board causes the contacts to separate at the location they had been shorted thereby completing a circuit through the board (Figure 4c).