Patent ID: 8414305

Claim:
A connector assembly, comprising: a peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-E) connector comprising a top wall and an end wall perpendicular to the top wall; wherein a groove is defined in the top wall with an end of the groove extending through the end wall to receive a part of a PCI-E card which has a length longer than a length of the groove; and a fixing member comprising a receiving portion detachably mounted to the end wall of the PCI-E connector in an end to end way, and a receiving slot defined in the receiving portion and communicating with the groove of the PCI-E connector to receive the rest part of the PCI-E card, wherein the fixing member comprises an elongate fixing piece extending from a bottom of an end of the receiving portion which abuts against the end wall of the PCI-E connector, and received in the groove to be sandwiched between a bottom wall of the PCI-E connector and a bottom of the PCI-E card.