Patent ID: 7922506
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card edge connector for receiving a module, comprising: an insulative housing having a mounting face, a pair of side walls with a central slot formed therebetween, a tower portion extending upwardly from the side wall; a plurality of contacts mounted to the housing and each defining a retaining portion to fix with the housing, a deflectable contacting arm extending upwardly from the retaining portion and a soldering portion extending downwardly from the retaining portion and projecting beyond the mounting face; an ejector rotatably mounted on the tower portion of the housing, the ejector including a base portion, an ejecting portion extending inwardly from the base portion and protruding into the central slot to eject the memory module from the central slot and a cam lobe extending inwardly from the base portion to drive the module down, the cam lobe is located above the ejecting portion; the tower portion defines a pair of shaft holes, the base portion of the ejector includes a pair of shafts extending outwardly from two sides thereof to engage with the shaft holes respectively; the cam lobe is to abut the module downwardly before the module deflects the deflectable contacting arms mechanically; the ejector defines a locking portion extending inwardly from the base portion to lock with the module and a gripping portion extending outwardly in a direction opposite to the locking portion, the locking portion is located above the cam lobe; the locking portion, the cam lobe and the ejecting portion are located on an inner side of the shafts; the ejector defines a pair of abutting plates on an upper portion thereof to bias against opposite side faces of the module, a locking slot is formed between the abutting plates to receive a side edge of the module.