Patent ID: 6159027
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing having an elongate base and a pair of arms integrally extending from opposite ends of the base, each of the arms forming a receiving space in an outer side face thereof, the receiving space having a T-shaped cross section and a recess depressed in a bottom of a middle portion of the receiving space;a plurality of contacts received in the base of the housing; anda modular card ejection device comprising a main body having a side wall and an engaging portion provided on the side wall of the main body, the engaging portion having a T-shaped cross section and having an outer surface and an elongate projection laterally protruding beyond the outer surface of the engaging portion, the engaging portion fitting within the receiving space of a selected one of the arms of the housing and the projection being received in the recess in the receiving space of the selected one of the arms of the housing thereby selectively retaining the modular card ejection device on the selected one of the arms of the housing; whereinthe housing itself is symmetric in a left-to-right direction, and the modular card ejection device is optionally selectively mounted to the outer side face of one of said arms.