Patent ID: 8535077

Claim:
A card edge connector, adapted for receiving a daughter card with a locking notch, comprising: a longitudinal insulative housing defining a central slot for receiving the daughter card and having two towers located on two longitudinal ends of the insulative housing; a plurality of contacts retained into the insulative housing and having contact portions protruding into the central slot; an ejector assembled to one tower of the insulative housing and having an ejecting portion for withdrawing the daughter card received in the central slot; and a locking member set on the other one tower, the locking member formed with a retention portion interfering with the insulative housing and a pair of elastic arms extending upwardly from the retention portion and symmetrically located on two opposite sides of the central slot along a transverse direction perpendicular to longitudinal direction, each elastic arm having a locking portion protruding toward each other, and a gap between the locking portions being smaller than a thickness of the daughter card, wherein the elastic arm has a vertical arm connecting the locking portion and the retention portion, the elastic arm further has a supporting surface below the locking portion and is an inclined surface.