Patent ID: 6599142
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card edge connector for establishing an electrical connection between a mother board and a daughter board, comprising;an insulative housing defining a slot adapted for receiving a daughter board and a plurality of terminal-receiving passageways each in communication with the slot; a plurality of terminals received in the passageways, each terminal including a mating portion and a tail portion; and a pair of ejector mechanisms pivotally attached to the housing, each ejector mechanism including a body portion, a handle for being exerted on by an external force and an abutment adapted for abutting against the daughter board, a pair of pivots formed on opposite sides of the body portion, the body portion defining a channel between the handle and the abutment to divide the body portion into a first and a second body portions, each of the first body portion and the second body portion having an upper and a lower sections respectively located above and below the pivots, the lower section having a larger thickness than that of the upper section; wherein the channel comprises an upper channel and a lower channel respectively located above and below the pivots, the lower channel having a smaller width than that of the upper channel, wherein the lower channel has a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, wherein the vertical and horizontal portions are positioned around a bottom portion of the body portion; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of guiding projections on opposite ends thereof, each guiding projection defining a chamber for receiving the body portion of a corresponding ejector mechanism and a pair of holes in communication with the chamber for receiving the pivots.