Patent ID: 6364682
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector with reduced insertion force comprising a plug and a base (10) provided with a blind recess (22) to receive said plug (12), the base and the plug each being connected to a corresponding flexible circuit (14, 16) comprising a layer of electrical cables (18, 20), characterized in that the base comprises means (38, 40) for introducing and guiding the plug comprising at least one guide groove formed in the base, and the plug has means (84, 86) for slidably locking the plug relative to the base, the means on the plug being conjugally received in the guide groove to permit sliding between the means on the plug and base and restrain the plug in a first orientation relative to the base in which the plug is displaced in translation when the plug is inserted into the base, and the at least one guide groove has an end against which the means on the plug rests to stop the insertion of the plug, wherein when the means on the plug rests against the end of the at least one groove the means of the plug in the at least one groove is turnable relative to the at least one groove, and the plug is free to rotate relative to the base from the first orientation to a second orientation in which the plug is prevented from being withdrawn from the base, and wherein the blind recess receives stripped ends of the layer of cables of the corresponding flexible circuit.