Patent ID: 8393916

Claim:
A card-edge connector, adapted for electrically connecting with an electrical card, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating direction along a front-to-back direction and opposite front face and rear face, the insulative housing comprising a pair of lengthwise walls, a central slot recessed from the front face along said front-to-back direction and a heat-radiating slot recessed from the front face along said front-to-back direction, and a plurality of contact-receiving passages in the lengthwise walls and communicating with the central slot, said heat-radiating slot recessed from at least one of the pair of lengthwise walls and communicating with the contact-receiving passages along said mating direction; and a plurality of conductive contacts received in said contact-receiving passages, each conductive contact comprising a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a contacting portion extending from the retaining portion and extending into the central slot, and a connecting portion extending from the retaining portion beyond the insulative housing.