Patent ID: 7661972
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector to be connected to a flat conductive member having an engagement portion protruding from a side edge of the flat conductive member, comprising: a housing; a terminal disposed in the housing, said terminal having a plate shape extending in a first direction, said terminal including a plurality of terminal sections arranged in the housing along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a pressing member supported on at least one of the housing and the terminal to be rotatable between an open position where the flat conductive member can be inserted into the housing and a close position where the terminal contacts with the flat conductive member; and a metal member attached to the housing outside the housing in the second direction and having a substantially flat plate shape, said metal member including an engaging portion for engaging the engagement portion and an attaching portion attached to the housing, said engaging portion being formed at a distal end portion of the metal member and situated outside the housing, said attaching portion extending in parallel to the terminal along the first direction, wherein said pressing member includes a sub-shaft portion having a first surface contacting with an upper edge of the metal member at the open position and a second surface contacting with the upper edge of the metal member at the close position.