Patent ID: 6979206

Claim:
A card edge connector for being mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising: an elongated, insulating housing defining a front mating face, a mounting face, a rear face, and a plurality of passageways therethrough, and comprising a retaining section extending rearwards from the rear face of the insulating housing, the retaining section defining a retaining cavity; a plurality of contacts received in corresponding passageways of the insulating housing; and a cover comprising a protruding locating block and being retained in the retaining cavity of the insulating housing; wherein a width of an upper side of the retaining cavity is smaller than that of a lower side thereof; wherein the insulating housing defines a hole communicating with the retaining cavity, and wherein the cover has a locking portion extending forwards from a front face thereof and retained in the hole; wherein the insulating housing has a pair of clapboards protruding rearwards from two opposite side edges thereof, the retaining cavity is located in between a pair of clapboards, each clapboard forming a step at a free end thereof, and wherein the cover forms a pair of protrusions abutting against the steps; wherein the insulating housing defines a plurality of grooves in the rear face, and wherein the cover forms a plurality of tabs protruding from the front face thereof and engaging within the grooves; wherein the contacts each include a mating portion received in a corresponding passageway, a soldering tail extending outside the insulating housing and a medial portion interconnecting the mating portion and the soldering portion; wherein the cover defines a plurality of grooves for receiving corresponding medial portions of the contacts; wherein the front mating face is slanted to the mounting face so that the connector is mounted on the printed circuit board at a certain degree; wherein a spacer with a plurality of through holes defined therein, and wherein the soldering tails of the contacts pass through corresponding holes defined in the spacer; wherein a pair of ejectors assembled at two ends of the insulating housing; wherein a plurality of board-locks, and wherein the insulating housing defines a plurality of board-lock retaining holes in the mounting face of the insulating housing for receiving the board-locks.