Patent ID: 7416452

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an elongated housing defining a lengthwise direction and a transverse direction and having first and second surfaces; the housing comprising: a daughter-card receiving channel on said first surface of the housing and extending along said lengthwise direction for receiving a mating edge of a daughter-card member; a mother-card receiving channel on said second surface of the housing and extending along said lengthwise direction for receiving a mating edge of a mother-card member; respective daughter-card engagement slots defined on opposed ends of the housing, each said daughter-card engagement slot extending form said first surface and along said transverse direction, each said daughter-card engagement slot laterally separated from said daughter-card receiving channel by a separating wall for receiving therein a respective one of two lateral edge portions of the daughter-card member; and wherein a central line of each said daughter-card engagement slot is aligned with a central line of said daughter-card receiving channel in said lengthwise direction.