Patent ID: 6939166
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector mounted on a printed circuit board for electrically connecting a flexible printed circuit with cables, the electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing including a body portion and a tail portion extending rearward from a bottom wall of the body portion, a plurality of passageways being defined in the tail portion; a plurality of terminals each including a terminal portion retained in a corresponding passageway of the tail portion of the housing for directly and electrically connecting a cable and a finger fixed in the body portion of the housing for engaging with the flexible printed circuit; the terminal portions of the terminals being separated from the printed circuit board by the tail portion; a slider movably mounted on the housing for fixing the flexible printed circuit on the fingers of the terminals; and a pair of solder pads for mounting the slider on the insulative housing and soldering the electrical connector to the printed circuit board; wherein the tail portion is adapted for separating the terminal portions of the terminals from the printed circuit board wherein said passageways include a plurality of first passageways for holding the terminals and a plurality of second passageways for holding the cables therein; wherein said solder pads each includes a first part for attaching the slider on the housing and a second part engaging with the housing; wherein the body portion of the housing defines a hollow portion for receiving the flexible printed circuit and a plurality of slots in communication with the hollow portion and corresponding passageways of the tail portion for holding the terminals.