Card edge connector

摘要

A card edge connector (100) includes an elongated housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2). The housing (1) has two side walls (103) and a central slot (109) between the two side walls (103) for receiving a memory module (9). The card edge connector (100) includes a latching mechanism (5) mounted on the two side walls (103) for resisting the memory module (9) downwardly. The latching mechanism (5) can prevent the memory module (9) from moving upwardly, thereby the memory module (9) could be stably connected with the card edge connector (100).

主权项

1. A card edge connector comprising: an elongated housing extending along a longitudinal direction thereof and having a pair of opposed side walls and a central slot between the side walls for receiving a memory module; a plurality of contacts retained in side walls of the housing; and at least a latching mechanism assembled to the side walls and having a limiting portion over a top of the memory module to limit the memory module;
wherein the latching mechanism has a latching portion latching with the side walls; wherein each of the side walls has at least one positioning block, the two opposite latching portions are latching with the positioning blocks of side walls, the latching mechanism is disposed as a U-shaped configuration and includes the limiting portion and two extending arms extending downwardly from two ends of the limiting portion, the latching portion extends downwardly from a bottom of the extending arm and has a nose portion extending inwardly but does not extend beyond an inside face of the extending arm, a recess is surround by the nose portion, the latching portion and the extending arm, the positioning block is received in the recess; wherein the positioning blocks each have a first guiding slot depressing upwardly from a bottom thereof, the first guiding slot passes through the positioning block along the longitudinal direction but does not passes through an outside face of the positioning block to form a first flange which is adjacent to the first guiding slot; and wherein the nose portion has a second guiding slot depressing downwardly from a top thereof, the second guiding slot passes through the nose portion along the longitudinal direction but does not pass through an inside face of the nose portion to from a second flange adjacent to the second guiding slot, the first flange is received and fitted in the first guiding slot and the second flange is received and fitted in the second guiding slot.