Patent ID: 8622763
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card edge connector comprising: an insulative housing extending along a left-to-right direction and having two opposite side walls, an inserting face, a mounting face, an inserting slot formed between the two side walls and two end walls located in two opposite ends of the inserting slot, one end wall having a mounting slot; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing; a latch assembled to the insulative housing from a bottom to a top of the mounting slot, the latch having a base, an inserting portion extending inwardly from the base and an elastic arm extending outwardly from the base, the inserting portion having an extending portion inserted into the mounting slot upwardly, the end wall having a pressing face latching with the extending portion to prevent the latch from moving downwardly; wherein the mounting slot has at least one positioning block on a top thereof, the positioning block is located over the extending portion to prevent the latch from moving upwardly; wherein the positioning block is stagger with the pressing face along a height and width direction; wherein the inserting portion has a planar portion connecting with a bottom of the extending portion, the extending portion has a pair of first and second separated retaining tails extending upwardly from the planar portion and two latching portions extending outwardly from tops of the first and second retaining tails, respectively, wherein the latching portion has a guiding face guiding the extending portion inserting into the mounting slot; and wherein the one end wall has a recess depressing downwardly from the inserting face but not downwardly passing therethrough, the recess communicates with the mounting slot and is located closed to the positioning block, the pressing face is located in a bottom of the recess.