Patent ID: 7892006

Claim:
A connector for being mounted on a PCB, comprising: a longitudinal insulative housing having a pair of side walls with a central slot formed therebetween for accommodating a memory module, each side wall defining a plurality of passageways communicating with the central slot; a plurality of terminals defining retaining portions retained in the passageways, contacting portions protruding into the central slot for mating with the memory module, and tail portions for being mounted on the PCB; and a plurality of fasteners coupled to the insulative housing, each fastener having a board lock for being mounted through a hole in the PCB and a pair of soldering pads for being mounted onto a surface of the PCB; wherein the insulative housing has a plurality of retaining slots, each fastener has a base portion received in the respective retaining slot, the board lock extends downwardly from a lower edge of the base portion, the soldering pads extend from the lower edge of the base portion and locate at two lateral sides of the board lock symmetrically; wherein the soldering pad comprises an arm portion extending downwardly from the lower edge, a bending portion bending from a lower end of the arm portion, and a L-shaped portion extending horizontally from the bending portion and being seated against the PCB, the L-shaped portion comprises a first portion extending outwardly from the bending portion to a lateral side of the fastener and a second portion extending from the first portion and perpendicular to the first portion.