Patent ID: 8974251
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a metallic housing having a receiving space extending along a longitudinal and two openings respectively formed on top and bottom surfaces thereof and communicated with the receiving space; a pair of flexible printed circuit boards (FPCs) received into the receiving space and arranged in a back-to-back manner, each of the FPC defining a protuberant portion at one end and extending into the corresponding opening, and each of the protuberant portion having a plurality of contacts formed on one side thereof and communicated with an exterior; a pair of supporting pieces received into the receiving space and attached to another side of the protuberant portion; and a spacer received into the receiving space and sandwiched between the pair of flexible printed circuit boards and supporting pieces; wherein the electrical connector assembly further comprises a pair of reinforcement pieces received into the receiving space and respectively sandwiched between the metallic housing and the pair of FPCs; wherein the pair of PFCs respectively has a front end connected with each other; and wherein a plurality of cutouts are formed between two front ends of the pair of FPCs, the spacer defines a plurality of protrusions formed on a front end thereof and passed through the corresponding cutouts.