Patent ID: 6663407
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
A card edge connector assembly for electrically connecting a circuit card to a mother board, comprising:an insulative housing having an elongated base and a pair of supporting arms extending perpendicularly from opposite lateral ends of the base, said base defining an elongated slot along a longitudinal direction thereof and a plurality of passageways beside the slot; a plurality of conductive terminals received in corresponding passageways and extending into the slot for engagement with the circuit card inserted into the connector; and a pair of latches disposed at free ends of the pair of supporting arms, each latch having a latch tab for locking the circuit card, the latch tab comprising a blocking portion for bearing against an upper surface of the circuit card and a touching portion for engaging a side surface of the circuit card; wherein said latches are plastic latches molded integrally with the insulative housing: wherein each of said latches has a tapered plate extending upwardly from a top surface of the supporting arm and a curved portion bent inwardly and then downwardly from the top of the tapered plate; wherein the blocking portion of said latch tab extends horizontally from the bottom of the curved portion towards the tapered plate, and the touching portion extends downwardly from the blocking portion.