Patent ID: 6731517
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for electrically interconnecting a daughter board to a mother board, comprising:an insulating housing being adapted for mounting on a mother board and defining a central slot for receiving an edge of a daughter board; a plurality of contacts retained in said insulating housing and arranged for electrically connecting the daughter board with the mother board; a pair of side arms integrally formed with said insulating housing, the side arms extending from opposite ends of said housing, each side arm having an inner surface forming a platform for supporting the daughter board, each platform defining thereon a retention slit, each retention slit being configured in a reversed L-shape and comprising a horizontally extended, first slit and a vertically extended second slit; and a pair of metal springs each having a retention member and a resilient, board-mounted member for mounting on the mother board, each retention member having a first retention portion received in said horizontally extended, first slit and a second retention portion received in said vertically extended second slit.