Patent ID: 8087942

Claim:
A board-to-board connector assembly, comprising: a receptacle connector having a receptacle housing defining a first receiving recess at a top thereof and four sidewalls formed around the first receiving recess, a plurality of first terminals disposed in the receptacle housing, and at least one first fixing member having a first base portion disposed in the sidewall, a top of the first base portion bending toward one side and then extending downward to form an elastic portion stretching into the first receiving recess, an outside portion of the elastic portion defining a fixing cavity opposite to the first base portion; and a plug connector having a plug housing received in the first receiving recess of the receptacle housing, a plurality of second terminals disposed in the plug housing and contacting the corresponding first terminals, and at least one second fixing member having a second base portion disposed in the plug housing, the second base portion protruding outward to form at least one fixing portion stretching out of the plug housing and buckled into the corresponding fixing cavity of the corresponding first fixing member.