Patent ID: 6955554
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising: a mother board; a card edge connector mounted on the mother board and comprising a housing defining a slot, and a plurality of contacts disposed on at least one side of the slot of the housing and exposed into the slot; a daughter card comprising a mating edge inserted into the slot of the housing, a plurality of conductive pads on the mating edge for electrically connecting with contacts of the card edge connector; and a board hold down, which is separated from the card edge connector and mounted on the mother board, holding the daughter card in the card edge connector and keeping the daughter card parallel to the mother board; wherein the board hold down comprises a body portion supporting the daughter card to keep a predetermined distance between the daughter card and the mother board; wherein the board hold down comprises a resilient arm and an anti-overstress extending from a first and a second ends of the body portion, respectively.