Patent ID: 7744394

Claim:
A golden finger protecting device mountable to a connection terminal of an expansion card for protecting golden fingers of the connection terminal, the golden finger protecting device comprising: a first sidewall; a second sidewall parallel to the first sidewall; a third sidewall connected between corresponding sides of the first and second walls, wherein the first, the second, and third sidewalls are formed by folding a substrate along two parallel fold lines, to wrap the connection terminal of the expansion card, wherein a width of the third sidewall is equal to a thickness of the connection terminal, widths of the first and second sidewalls are respectively greater than or equal to a width of the connection terminal; and a handle extending from the first sidewall or the second sidewall, away from the third sidewall; wherein the golden finger protecting device defines a first hole symmetrical extending through the first and second sidewalls and extending through the third sidewall; and the sidewall of the first or second sidewall without the handle defines at least one second hole between a side opposite to the third sidewall of the first or second sidewall and a corresponding end of the first hole; and wherein the golden finger protecting device is pluggable into a corresponding expansion socket in response to the expansion card is engaged with an expansion socket, with the handle extending out of the expansion socket, sidewalls bounding the at least one second hole are to be torn to spread the golden finger protecting device in response to the handle is driven, to remove the golden finger protecting device from the expansion socket.