Patent ID: 7988480

Claim:
A card edge connector adapted for mounting on a mother board and receiving a daughter card, comprising: an insulative housing having a pair of opposed side walls, an end wall connected to the side walls, a retainer and a reinforcement wall both of which protruding outwardly from the end wall in a lengthwise direction of the housing, a central slot formed among the side walls and the end wall for receiving the daughter board; a plurality of terminals received in the housing and extending into the central slot for mating with the daughter board; and a metal hook retained on the reinforcement wall along an upper-to-lower direction of the housing, and having a soldering tail extending beyond the housing for being soldered on the mother board; wherein the retainer is connected to the reinforcement wall and defines a flexible retention arm, the retention arm defines a latch projection extending from an inner surface for latching the daughter board; wherein the reinforcement wall extends form a bottom portion of the end wall, and defines a through hole to retain the hook, a receiving space is formed between the end wall, the retainer and the reinforcement wall, the through hole is in communication with the receiving space, the end wall surrounds an inner side of the through hole; wherein the hook includes an upper fitting portion disposed in the receiving space, and a lower fitting portion extending downwardly from the upper fitting portion and retained in the through hole, the upper fitting portion defines a pair of shoulders protruding laterally beyond the lower fitting portion and supported by an upper level surface of the reinforcement wall preventing the hook from moving downwardly; wherein the hook has a pair of flexible arms extending upwardly from the soldering tail retained in the receiving space and the through hole and a gap formed therebetween for the flexible arm being deflected toward each other, the pair of flexible arms each defines a distal attachment portion protruding laterally and pressing downwardly against the reinforcement wall for preventing the hook from moving downwardly.