Claims
- 1. A socket for use with a daughter board inserted therein, comprising:
- an elongated insulative housing having a central board slot extending in a lengthwise direction along said housing for receiving a bottom edge portion of said daughter board therein;
- a plurality of contact slots side by side transversely arranged along said central board slot;
- a plurality of contacts respectively received within the corresponding contact slots;
- a cavity positioned at one end of said housing and formed between an end wall and retention wall;
- an ejector pivotally positioned within said cavity, hook means of said ejector extending into the central board slot and generally below a lower edge of the daughter board said hook means extending parallel to said lengthwise direction; and
- said central board slot substantially extending into the retention wall so as to form a trench in the retention wall while still maintaining solidity of the retention wall for being endurable to prevent deformation thereof whereby the retention wall can efficiently restrainably retain the daughter board in both the lengthwise direction and a lateral direction with regard to the housing.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 08/566,578 filed on Nov. 28, 1995, now abandoned, continuation application of application Ser. No. 08/230,068 filed on Apr. 20, 1994, U.S. Pat. No. 5,470,242.
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