Patent ID: 8007303

Claim:
A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card, comprising: an elongated housing having a pair of opposed side walls, a central slot between the side walls for receiving a lower edge of the electronic card and a first tower upwardly extending at one end thereof, the first tower defining a first U-shaped cavity downwardly extending along an insertion direction of the electronic card from a top end thereof and a mounting slot upwardly extending from a lower end thereof and located outside of the first cavity along a length direction of the housing, the first cavity communicating with the central slot along a length direction of the housing to receive a side edge of the electronic card, and the mounting slot communicating with the first cavity along the length direction; a plurality of contacts retained to the housing; and a retainer having a non-flexible fastening portion retained in the mounting slot and a flexible locking barb obliquely extending into the first cavity from a top end of the fastening portion to lock with the electronic card.