Patent ID: 7896661

Claim:
A card edge connector defining a mounting surface adapted for mounting to a mother board, and comprising: an elongated insulative housing defining an upper mating face opposite to the mounting surface, a central slot recessed from the mating face for receiving a daughter board, a first side wall with a plurality of first passages, and a second side wall with a plurality of second passages and opposite to the first side wall, the first passages and the second passages each in communication with the central slot, the central slot located between the first side wall and the second side wall, and defining a central line along a middle portion thereon in a vertical direction of the insulative housing; a plurality of first terminals arranged in one row along a lengthwise direction of the insulative housing, the first terminals each having a first fixing portion retained in the first passage, a first contact portion protruding from the first fixing portion and extending into the central slot, and a first soldering portion located in the mounting surface; and a plurality of second terminals arranged in another row along the lengthwise direction of the insulative housing, the second terminals each having a second fixing portion retained in the second passage, a second contact portion protruding from the second fixing portion and extending into the central slot from the second fixing portion, and a second soldering portion located in the mounting surface; wherein the central line is disposed between the first fixing portions and the second fixing portions, the first soldering portions extend leftwardly and far from the central line from the first fixing portions in a width direction of the insulative housing, the second soldering portions extend leftwardly and toward the central line from the second fixing portions in the width direction of the insulative housing, wherein the first soldering portions are aligned with and spaced away from the second soldering portions in the width direction; wherein the first soldering portion are disposed further from the central line than the second soldering portion in the width direction of the insulative housing.