Patent ID: 7144270
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for a flexible printed board, the flexible printed board having an end portion that has a first surface mounted with a flexible insulating seat thereon, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, an assembly of the flexible printed board and the insulating seat being formed with an opening unit, the second surface being formed with a plurality of conductive contacts aligned in a transverse direction of the flexible printed board and disposed adjacent to the opening unit in the assembly of the flexible printed board and the insulating seat, said electrical connector comprising: a mounting block having a base portion that has an abutting surface adapted to face the second surface of the flexible printed board and formed with a plurality of parallel receiving slots adapted to correspond respectively to the conductive contacts on the second surface of the end portion of the flexible printed board, and a projecting portion projecting from said abutting surface of said base portion, adapted to pass through the opening unit in the assembly of the flexible printed board and the insulating seat, and formed with a plurality of open-ended positioning grooves that correspond respectively to said receiving slots; and a plurality of resilient clamp-shaped terminal pieces mounted on said mounting block, each of said terminal pieces having