Patent ID: 7004773

Claim:
An electrical connector for receiving a daughter card having a plurality of conductive surfaces, said electrical connector having: a socket with an elongated slot for receiving, said daughter card said slot having electrical terminals for engaging said plurality of conductive surfaces on said daughter card and for electrically connecting said daughter card to said connector; a U shaped tower at at least one end of said elongated slot, said tower having a pair of legs; a latch for securing said daughter card to said connector, said latch having two side walls and a bottom wall, a cavity being formed by the side walls and the bottom wall, said latch rotatably retained between said legs of said U shaped tower, said latch rotatable between a first position at which said daughter card is retained within said elongated slot and a second position at which said daughter card is unrestrained; and an end wall at at least one distal end of said elongated slot, each said end wall having a protrusion protruding towards the centre of said elongated slot, said protrusion being located within the cavity when said latch is in the first position, said protrusion capable of interacting with said bottom wall of said latch to prevent said latch from being removed from said tower when said latch is in said first position.