Patent ID: 6273748
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly for electrically interconnecting a flat flexible circuit and a printed circuit board, comprising:an elongated female connector includinga dielectric housing having a mating face in a top side of the housing and an elongated receptacle in the mating face, anda plurality of conductive terminals mounted on the housing and spaced along opposite sides of the receptacle, the terminals having flexible contact portions projecting into the receptacle and tail portions for connection to appropriate conductors of said flat flexible circuit at a bottom side of the housing; andan elongated male connector includinga dielectric housing adapted for mounting on said printed circuit board and including an elongated plug portion for inserting into the receptacle of the female connector in a mating direction, anda plurality of terminals mounted on the housing and spaced along the plug portion, the terminals having contact portions on opposite sides of the plug portion for engaging the contact portions of the terminals of the female connector and tail portions for connection to appropriate circuit traces on said printed circuit board,wherein the dielectric housing of said female connector includes a plurality of terminal-receiving passages communicating with said receptacle, the passages being open at lateral sides of the housing for insertion thereinto of the terminals of the female connector in a direction transversely of said mating direction.