Patent ID: 6638089
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B32B,H01R

Abstract:
A connector which is electrically connected to a substrate in which a conductor pattern and electrodes at ends of the conductor pattern are provided on a surface of the substrate, the connector comprising:a plurality of contacts resiliently connectable to the electrodes of the substrate, wherein the contacts are arrayed in a staggered arrangement including first contacts and second contacts which are alternately arrayed; an insulator member containing the plurality of contacts arrayed therein; and a slider unit movably attached to the insulator member, wherein the slider unit includes first-width portions and second-width portions arrayed in a staggered arrangement, and the first-width portions including lugs provided at lower positions of the first-width portions, the lugs being connectable to respective edges of the first contacts in the insulator member, and the second-width portions including connecting areas provided at upper positions of the second-width portions, the connecting areas being connectable to respective projections of the second contacts in the insulator member, wherein the connector is configured such that, before the slider unit is moved relative to the insulator member, the respective edges of the first contacts are connected to the lugs of the first-width portions and the respective projections of the second contacts are connected to the connecting areas of the second-width portions, so as to separate the plurality of contacts from the electrodes, and wherein the connector is configured such that, after the slider unit is moved relative to the insulator member, the respective edges of the first contacts are disconnected from the lugs of the first width portions and the respective projections of the second contacts are disconnected from the connecting areas of the second-width portions, so that the plurality of contacts are resiliently connected to the electrodes.