Patent ID: 8393908

Claim:
A card edge connector for connecting a memory module to a printed circuit board comprising: an insulative housing defining a central slot expanding along a transverse direction with a plurality of contacts disposed therein, and a pair of side arms disposed at opposite ends thereof; a pair of card ejecting devices assembled on the side arms, each comprising an ejecting member attached to the side arm and an operation member which can rotate in a plane perpendicular to the card edge connector; wherein the ejecting member comprises a block portion projecting into the central slot and moving along a front-to-rear direction perpendicular to the transverse direction by the urging of the operation member; wherein the ejecting member comprises a bending portion opposite to the block portion for cooperating with the operation member; wherein the operation member comprises an operation portion and a cam portion perpendicular to the operation portion, the bending portion is located in front of the cam portion in the front-to-rear direction; wherein the cam portion defines a through hole therein in which a shaft is inserted and maintain the operation member in the corresponding side arm; wherein each side arm forms a holding portion at a distal end thereof, the holding portion defines a receiving room for receiving the operation member and a transverse passageway across the receiving room for receiving said shaft.