Patent ID: 8794985

Claim:
A card edge connector, comprising: an elongated insulative housing having an elongated central slot and at least a tower located at one end thereof, the tower having two opposite outside walls and a receiving cavity formed between the two outside walls; a plurality of contacts retained in the housing; and an ejector pivoted on the housing and received in the receiving cavity of the tower, the ejector including a pair of elastic walls, a slit formed between the elastic walls and a pair of protrusions at two outer sides of the elastic walls to abut against the tower; wherein the elastic wall comprise a pair of first elastic walls and a pair of second elastic walls extending downwardly from the first elastic walls respectively, the second elastic walls comprises a first connecting wall upwardly connecting with the first elastic wall and a second connecting wall downwardly extending from the first connecting wall, a thickness of the first connecting wall is equal to a sum of a thickness of the first elastic wall and a thickness of the second connecting wall, wherein the elastic wall further comprises a pair of third elastic walls extending downwardly from the second elastic walls respectively, wherein the slit includes a first slit formed between the two first elastic walls, a second slit formed between the two second elastic walls and a third slit formed between the two third elastic walls, in a width direction of the housing, the widths of the first slit, the second slit and the third slit are decreased in turn.