Patent ID: 6027358
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for electrically connecting daughter boards of different thickness to a circuit board, comprising:an insulative housing having a slot for receiving a bottom edge of the daughter board, a plurality of passageways arranged in rows in opposite walls of the slot for receiving a number of contacts therein to electrically engage a plurality of rows of conductive pads formed on said bottom edge of the daughter board, and a pair of spaced towers respectively adjacent to opposite ends of said slot and vertically extending with regard to a surface of the circuit board on which the connector is mounted whereineach tower includes a pivotal hole extending vertically through a top end thereof, a first retention means rotatably moving with respect to the pivotal hole to vertically and releasably retain the inserted daughter board, and a second retention means located below the first retention means to horizontally and elastically retain the daughter board which is vertically inserted into the slot along a longitudinal axis of each tower, said second retention means further including a base portion from which a spring arm perpendicularly extends.