Expansion card assembly and connector
An expansion card assembly, including an expansion card body and a connector. The expansion card body includes a notch recessed into an edge thereof. The connector includes a housing. The housing includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and an engaging portion disposed on the bottom surface. The bottom surface is close to the expansion card body. The engaging portion is exposed out of the notch. The engaging portion connects the connector with an external power cord. A user operates the engaging portion at the bottom surface of the housing of the connector with fingers. Therefore, the expansion card assembly and the connector solve the problem that the too narrow space between the top surface of the housing and the other components makes it difficult for the user to stretch fingers into the space between the top surface of the housing and the other component.
1 . An expansion card assembly, comprising:
an expansion card body, comprising two planes opposite to each other, a plurality of edges connected between the two planes, and a notch recessed into one of the edges thereof and penetrated through the two planes;
a connector, comprising a housing, wherein the housing comprises a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and an engaging portion disposed on the bottom surface, the bottom surface is close to the expansion card body, and the engaging portion faces toward the notch and is exposed out of the notch, wherein the engaging portion does not contact any of inner walls of the notch of the expansion card body, the top surface is a surface of the housing that is farthest from the expansion card body; and
a cooling fin, disposed on the expansion card body, wherein the top surface of the housing of the connector faces the cooling fin, the engaging portion of the housing of the connector is distant from a bottom surface of the cooling fin.
2 . The expansion card assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises a plurality of pins running through the housing, the plurality of pins comprises a first row of pins, and the first row of pins is closest to the top surface.
3 . The expansion card assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the housing comprises an extension portion extending from the top surface, and the extension portion covers the first row of pins.
4 . The expansion card assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of pins further comprises a second row of pins and a third row of pins, and a number of pins in the first row of pins is less than a number of pins in the second row of pins and less than a number of pins in the third row of pins.
5 . The expansion card assembly according to claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of pins comprises a first portion and a second portion bent connected to each other, the first portion is disposed in the housing, the second portion is exposed out of the housing, and the second portion extends toward and beyond the bottom surface.
6 . The expansion card assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the first row of pins comprises four sensing pins, the second row of pins comprises six voltage pins, and the third row of pins comprises six grounding pins.