Patent ID: 6210190
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A flexible board connector, comprising:a housing including an elongated base, a pair of side walls upwardly depending from opposite ends of the base, a retaining stop on an inside surface of each side wall, and a plurality of receiving passageways;a plurality of terminals being received in the receiving passageways of the housing;a spindle being supported by the side walls of the housing;an elongated pressure body defining a cylindrical central cavity extending therethrough for rotatably mounting about the spindle and having an outer surface which has a varying radius from the central axis of the cavity; anda retention ridge outwardly extending from the pressure body for being retained by the retaining stops in a position where a flexible circuit board is pressed by the pressure body against the plurality of terminals;wherein said pressure body has a cross-section presenting an oval outer profile;wherein said pressure body is rotatable about the spindle from a closed position where the major axis of the oval cross-section is nearly perpendicular to the base of the housing to an open position where the major axis of the oval is nearly parallel to the base of the housing;wherein said pressure body presses a flexible circuit board against engaging ends of the terminals in the closed position, and permits the flexible circuit board to be extracted in the open position;wherein said retention ridge extends along the length of the pressure body and is used as a handle to rotate the pressure body;wherein said side wall defines a receiving opening, an upwardly facing opening in communication with a receiving hole, and a pair of lead-ins;wherein said spindle is press-fitted into the receiving holes.