Patent ID: 8085344

Claim:
A module socket for receiving a module inserted thereinto from above, the module socket comprising: a housing formed of an insulative material, the housing comprising a base that opposes a bottom portion of the module, and at least one side wall extending up from the base to cooperatively define an interior space of said module socket, the side wall extending along the module when inserted into said module socket; at least one conductive terminal supported by said housing so that a portion of the terminal extends into the interior space of said module socket; and a retainer supported on one of said at least one side wall, the retainer including a horizontally cantilevered locking arm that partially extends into said module socket interior space, said retainer including an engagement member located at a distal end portion thereof, the locking arm further including a guide member spaced apart from the engagement member, the guide member including an angled surface that causes a displacement of said guide member in a direction away from said module socket interior space when the module is inserted into said module socket, but said engagement member engages the inserted module.