Patent ID: 9400533
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06F,H01L,H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector for use with a daughter card, comprising: an insulative housing defining a receiving central slot extending along a longitudinal direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing and by two sides of the central slot in a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction for receiving the daughter card therein; a pair of towers formed at two opposite longitudinal ends of the housing and extending upwardly in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction; a retaining device located on top of one of said towers and defining a retaining slot in a top portion thereof, an upper side part located intimately above the retaining slot, and an outer side part intimately beside the retaining slot; and a bracket for supporting a fan locked with the retaining device and including at a distal end a locking hook; wherein said locking hook is snugly received within the retaining slot and prevented from upward moving in the vertical direction by the upper side part and outward moving in the longitudinal direction by the outer side part.