Reliable electrical connector with latch

An electrical connector, comprising:

• a housing comprising a slot elongated in a longitudinal direction;
• and
• a latch comprising:
• a body comprising a first side surface facing the slot of the housing, a second side surface opposite the first side surface and facing away from the slot of the housing, and a third side surface between the first side surface and the second side surface,
• a projection extending in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction from the third side surface of the body, the body of the latch pivotably connected to the housing by the projection such that the body of the latch is pivotable between a locked position and an unlocked position, and
• a protrusion extending from the projection towards an upper portion of the body so as to be disposed in a gap between the third side surface of the body and the housing, the protrusion comprising a first end surface facing the slot of the housing and a second end surface opposite the first end surface and facing away from the slot of the housing, the second end surface curving toward the slot.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing comprising a base extending in a longitudinal direction and a tower disposed at an end of the base and extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
• and
• a latch comprising a pair of projections pivotably disposed in the tower, a body extending in the vertical direction and rotatable about an axis connecting the pair of projections, and a pair of protrusions extending from respective projections of the pair and rotatably about the axis,
• wherein each of the pair of protrusions comprise a bottom portion, a top portion, and an intermediate portion narrower in the longitudinal direction than the top portion and the bottom portion.