Patent ID: 8070499

Claim:
A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card, comprising: an elongated housing having a pair of opposed side walls, a central slot between the side walls for receiving a lower edge of the electronic card and a fitting section upwardly extending at one end thereof, the fitting section defining a first cavity downwardly extending along an insertion direction of the electronic card from a top end thereof and a mounting slot upwardly extending from a bottom end thereof and located at an outside of the first cavity along a length direction of the housing, the first cavity communicating with the central slot along a length direction of the housing to receive a side edge of the electronic card, and the mounting slot communicating with the first cavity along the length direction; a plurality of contacts retained to the housing; and a retainer received and retained in the mounting slot and having a locking projection protruding into the first cavity to lock with the electronic card; wherein the mounting slot does not upwardly extend through the fitting section so that the retainer is hidden in the fitting section in a top to bottom direction except the locking projection.