Patent ID: 7559792

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite and parallel to the first sidewall and two opposite endwalls connecting said first and second sidewalls, a receiving cavity defined therebetween with an opening, a first and a second retaining walls located on each of said two endwalls and a first latching portion defined on said each endwall and contacted the first retaining wall; a plurality of terminals with at least one resilient arm located on the first sidewall and a fixing arm retained in the second sidewall; and a slider comprising a tongue plate insertable to said receiving cavity and a pair of latching arms spaced to the tongue plate and sliding between the said first and second retaining walls; wherein a groove is formed between said first and second retaining walls with an entry adjacent to the opening of the receiving cavity, each of the latching arms is assembled in the groove through the entry; wherein the at least one resilient arm is longer than the fixing arm and the first retaining wall is longer than the second retaining wall; wherein a grasping portion is defined at a distal end of the each latching arm to cooperate with said first latching portion; wherein the grasping portion is defined at one side of the each latching arm along an extending direction thereof and a retaining portion is defined at the other side of the each latching arm; wherein a second latching portion is defined in a middle portion of said groove and contacted the second retaining wall to cooperate with the retaining portion of said each latching arm; wherein said first and second retaining walls are integrally formed by the first and second sidewalls, respectively, and extending beyond corresponding the endwalls; and wherein an interface is defined on an inner side of the first retaining wall near said entry, the each latching arm surpass said interface to go into or out said groove by an enlarged force exerted on the slider.