Patent ID: 8636534

Claim:
A card edge connector comprising: an insulative housing defining an inserting slot along a longitudinal direction thereof and a key lying in the inserting slot; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, the contacts including retaining portions retained in the insulative housing, soldering portions extending from the retaining portions and contacting portions extending from the retaining portion and located at two sides of the inserting slot; a pair of locking members disposed at two opposite ends of the insulative housing in the longitudinal direction and perpendicularly to the insulating housing; and a pair of the board-retaining members retained on two opposite ends of the insulative housing or the locking members in the longitudinal direction, the board-retaining members comprising board-retaining portions bending inward and approaching to the soldering portions of two outermost contacts along the longitudinal direction of the insulating housing, wherein each locking member defines an outermost periphery and each board-retaining member does not exceed beyond the outermost periphery of the locking member; and wherein each locking member defines an outermost periphery and each board-retaining member does not exceed beyond the outermost periphery of the locking member.