Patent ID: 6390837
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card edge connector comprising:an elongated insulative housing including a mating surface, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, and a central slot defined between the side walls and the end walls for receiving a memory card therein, each end wall defining an opening at a top portion thereof; a plurality of contacts received in the side walls of the housing and partially extending into the central slot for electrically contacting the memory card; and at least one card ejector at one end of the housing for safely releasing the memory card from the connector, the at least one card ejector having an operation lever and a card eject portion at a bottom end of the operation lever, the card eject portion extending from an inner surface of the operation lever toward the central slot of the housing; wherein the housing further includes an engaging block proximate to the eject portion of the at least one card ejector, the engaging block having a horizontal engaging surface downwardly abutting against the eject portion to limit rotation of the ejector.