Patent ID: 8882531

Claim:
An electrical connector module adapted for a connector plug to plug thereinto and to be electrically connected therewith, the electrical connector module comprising: a circuit board formed with a main notch and two lateral notches interposing said main notch therebetween, each of said main notch and said lateral notches being indented inwardly from a same side of said circuit board; an electrical connector mounted on said circuit board and including an insulating housing and a plurality of pins, said insulating housing including two opposite side walls and a top wall, each of said side walls having a top end and a bottom end opposite to said top end, said top wall being connected between said top ends of said side walls, said top wall and said side walls cooperating to form an inverted U shape, said bottom ends of said side walls being coupled to said circuit board so that said top wall corresponds in position, and is disposed above and spaced apart from said main notch, said pins being mounted on said insulating housing and being electrically connected to said circuit board; and a retaining element including a pair of support arms, a pair of flexible connecting arms and an engaging seat, each of said support arms being mounted on said circuit board relative to a corresponding one of said lateral notches and being partially disposed thereabove, each of said flexible connecting arms extending from a corresponding one of said support arms through a corresponding one of said lateral notches, said engaging seat being connected between said flexible connecting arms and being suspended under said main notch so as to cooperate with said insulating housing to define a plugging space adapted for the connector plug to plug therein, said engaging seat being capable of flexibly engaging with the connector plug by means of restoring forces originating from said flexible connecting arms.