Patent ID: 8308499

Claim:
A double-deck connector assembly comprising: an upper connector having an elongate upper insulating housing defining a pair of upper latch devices aside for retaining a corresponding module therein and a plurality of upper terminals received in the upper insulating housing, the upper insulating housing defining a receiving space; a lower connector received in the receiving space of the upper connector having a lower insulating housing defining a pair of lower latch devices aside for retaining therein a corresponding module and a plurality of lower terminals received in the lower insulating housing; and wherein each upper latch device has a holding arm integrally extending from the upper insulating housing, and each lower latch device defines a sliding slot extending therealong for matching with the holding arm to assemble the upper and lower connectors together; and wherein each sliding slot of the lower connector is sunk from an outside surface of each lower latch device and defines a buckling slot at an end thereof, and wherein a step is formed at a junction of the sliding slot and the buckling slot.