Patent ID: 8235738

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 and a fitting section at one end thereof, the fitting section defining a pair of axes holes; a plurality of contacts retained to the housing; and a retainer rotatably retained in the fitting section, the retainer having a base portion with a pair of pivots engaging with the axes holes, a latch projection inwardly extending from the base portion for locking the electronic card, a flexible arm unitarily extending from the base portion to resist an inner wall of the fitting section for fastening the retainer to the housing; wherein the retainer is formed with an operating portion extending out of the housing, and the operating portion can be pushed to drive flexible arm deformed for rotating the retainer along an anticlockwise or clockwise direction; wherein the flexible arm bends outwardly from an inner side of the base portion, and the flexible arm and the base portion defines a space therebetween to make the flexible arm can be deformed along the length direction, the operating portion is formed at a free end of the flexible arm; wherein the fitting section defines a locking slot at the inner wall thereof, the flexible arm is formed with a position block projection outwardly to lock with the locking slot when the electronic card is inserted into the central slot; and wherein the position block has an inclined face at an inner side thereof to guide the position block moving into the locking slot and a stopping face at an outer side thereof to resist an inner wall of the locking slot for preventing the operating portion from moving outwardly along the width direction when the electronic card is inserted into the central slot.