Electrical connector

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a receiving slot extending toward an exterior in a first direction for receiving a printed circuit board with a pair of notches in two opposite side regions thereof;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed in the receiving slot and deflectable in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction;
• and
• a metallic shell enclosing said housing and unitarily formed with a pair of latches up and down moveable in the second direction, each of said latches defining a locking head extending into the receiving slot for latchable engagement within the notch of the printed circuit board, and a release portion located outside of the locking head in a third direction perpendicular to both said first direction and said second direction and further equipped with an operating portion extending above the locking head in the second direction;
• whereby
• imposing forces upon the operating portion results movement of the locking head in the second direction for disengagement from the notch of the printed circuit board.

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• an insulative housing extending along a longitudinal direction and defining a receiving slot extending toward an exterior in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction for receiving a printed circuit board with a pair of notches in two opposite side regions thereof;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed in the receiving slot and deflectable in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said longitudinal direction and said front-to-back direction;
• and
• a pair of latches located around two opposite longitudinal ends of the housing in said longitudinal direction and up and down moveable relative to the housing in the vertical direction, each of said latches defining a locking head extending into the receiving slot for latchable engagement within the notch of the printed circuit board, and a release portion located outside of the locking head in the longitudinal direction and further equipped with an operating portion extending above the locking head in the vertical direction;
• whereby
• imposing forces upon the operating portion results movement of the locking head in the vertical direction for disengagement from the notch of the printed circuit board.