Patent attributes
A card edge connector comprises an insulative housing and at least one terminal module. The insulative housing has an elongated shape and is formed with a card edge slot and a terminal retention base mounting groove communicating with the card edge slot. The terminal module comprises a terminal retention base mounted in the terminal retention base mounting groove and at least one row of conductive terminals which are fixed to the terminal retention base side by side, the plurality of the conductive terminals comprises ground terminals, each conductive terminal has a fixed portion fixed to the terminal retainer and an elastic arm portion extending from the fixed portion into the card edge slot. The terminal module further comprises a common grounding shield, the common grounding shield comprises a sheet provided on the terminal retainer and a plurality of grounding elastic arms extending from the sheet.