Patent ID: 6475025
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector to which a terminal of a flat flexible wiring member is connected, comprising:a housing into which said terminal of said flexible wiring member is insertable; a plurality of terminals provided in said housing and respectively having conductor contacting portions for contacting conductors at the terminal of said flexible wiring member inserted in said housing; and a slider for restraining said terminal of said flexible wiring member at a position where said conductors are respectively brought into contact with said conductor contacting portions of said terminals as said slider is pushed into said housing in a direction including an inserting-direction component thereof in a state in which said terminal of said flexible wiring member is inserted in said housing; and a guiding mechanism for guiding said slider such that, in conjunction with the pushing in of said slider, said slider is slid in a first direction which is inclined in a direction of approaching said conductors of said flexible wiring member with respect to the inserting direction of said flexible wiring member, and is subsequently slid in a second direction parallel to the inserting direction of said flexible wiring member.