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A CARD EDGE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY (12) IS ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING A PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD (14) HAVING AN INSERTION EDGE (16) INSERTABLE INTO AND REMOVABLE FROM THE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY. THE ASSEMBLY INCLUDES AN ELONGATED DIELECTRIC HOUSING (18) HAVING A CARD-RECEIVING SLOT (20). A LEVER (26) IS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE HOUSING NEAR AN END OF THE SLOT. THE LEVER INCLUDES A FRONT FACE (34), A LATCH PORTION (38) EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF THE FRONT FACE FOR ENGAGING A NOTCH (54) IN A SIDE EDGE (56) OF THE CARD, AN EJECTOR PORTION (39) EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE FRONT FACE FOR ENGAGING THE INSERTION EDGE OF THE CIRCUIT CARD AT A CORNER (60) THEREOF AND EJECTING THE CARD FROM THE SLOT IN RESPONSE TO PIVOTING OF THE LEVER (26). A LIMITING PORTION (40) LIMITS LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF A SIDE EDGE OF THE CARD WHEN THE CARD IS IN THE SLOT. A HOLLOW AREA (42) IS PROVIDED BETWEEN THE EJECTOR PORTION AND THE LIMITING PORTION FOR RECEIVING THE CORNER OF THE CARD WHEN THE LEVER IS PIVOTED AND THE CARD IS EJECTED.
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