Patent ID: 7934936

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an elongated housing having a slot configured to receive a daughter card having a plurality of conductive surface, the slot having electrical terminals configured, in operation, to engage the plurality of conductive surfaces on the daughter card and further configured, in operation, to electrically connect the daughter card to the connector; an arm extending from at least one end of the elongated housing; and a latch pivotally connected to the arm, the latch pivotal about an axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing, the latch rotatable between a first position configured, in operation, to retain the daughter card within the elongated slot and a second position configured, in operation, to leave the daughter card unrestrained, wherein the longitudinal axis of the connector is not increased when said latch is in said second position and the latch has a retaining finger at a first end, the retaining finger configured to engage a corresponding notch of the daughter card in the first position and the latch further has an ejection lever at a second end of the latch, the second end opposite the first end, the ejection lever usable to move the latch from the first position to the second position.