Patent ID: 7121864

Claim:
A module connector, to which a module body is electrically connected, comprising: an insulating housing defining a chamber for accommodating the module body; a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing comprising a plurality of contacting portions exposed in the chamber of the housing for electrically connecting with the module body; a shell assembled onto the insulating housing; and a holding member having a top surface cooperating with the shell to securely accommodate the module body in the insulating housing, thereby electrically connecting the contacting portions of the contacts with the module body accommodated in the chamber of the insulating housing; wherein the insulating housing comprises front and rear walls and a pair of opposite sidewalls connecting the front and the rear walls; wherein the insulating housing is formed with protruding pieces protruding outward and upward from the front and rear walls respectively to define slots between the protruding pieces and the front and rear walls to receive lower edges of front and rear portions of the shell; wherein the insulating housing is formed with ribs protruding outward from the corresponding sidewalls to engage with lower edges of opposite side portions of the shell; wherein the front and rear walls defines a recess communicated with the chamber adjacent to the sidewalls respectively, and wherein the shell comprises holding pieces on front and rear portions thereof to receive in the recesses of the front and rear wails of the insulating housing.