Patent ID: 8900001

Claim:
A card edge connector comprising: a longitudinal insulative housing having a central slot extending along a longitudinal direction for insertion of a memory module, and at least one tower portion extending upwardly from one longitudinal end thereof and defining a receiving slot; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and protruding into the central slot for mating with the memory module; and an ejector received in the receiving slot of the tower portion and being rotatable inwardly or outwardly relative to the tower portion for latching the memory module into the central slot or ejecting the memory module out of the central slot, the ejector having a main portion received in the receiving slot, an ejecting portion extending from a lower end of the main portion for ejecting the memory module out of the central slot, a locking portion extending inwardly from an upper end of the main portion for latching the memory module into the central slot, and a lever portion extending outwardly from the upper end of the main portion for being handled by a hand or others; wherein the locking portion comprises a pair of vertical portions extending in a height direction and spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the height direction, and a transverse portion extending in the transverse direction and located between the vertical portions for latching a cutout formed on a side edge of the memory module, the transverse portion connects the vertical portions and divides the vertical portions into upper and lower retaining parts in the height direction, both the upper and lower retaining parts are located above the tower portion for sandwiching respective upper and lower sides of the side edge both exceeding the tower portion and separated by the cutout.