Patent ID: 7077680

Claim:
A module connector comprising: a housing having a front, an opposing rear and two opposing sidewalls which define an upwardly-open chamber adapted for receiving a module therein, each sidewall having a plurality of contact recesses; a plurality of locking recesses formed on a top of said front and rear sidewalls; a plurality of contacts received in the respective contact recesses of the housing and electrically contacting with contact pads of said module; at least one pivotal cover, each pivotal cover having a top pressing cover, at least a pivotal arm and at least a locking claw extending downwardly from the top pressing cover, said locking claw including a hook portion, the pivotal arm pivotally mounting the pivotal cover on the housing to enable the pivotal cover to pivot between an open position to enable the module to be inserted in the chamber and a closed position with the top pressing cover pressing downwardly on a top of the module to prevent the module from being pulled out, the locking claw being fully received in a respective one of said locking recesses when said pivotal cover is in said closed position, thereby latching the pivotal cover in the closed position and restraining said module in said module connector; a shell having a front, an opposing rear and two opposing side-clipping panels wrapping the respective sidewalls of the housing, each side-clipping panel having a pressing piece extending into the chamber wherein said pressing piece abuts a side of the module; and a plurality of locking holes formed on a top of said shell, said locking holes being in alignment with a respective one of said locking recesses and fully receiving said locking claw and restraining said hooks of said locking claw on an inner surface of said shell.