Patent ID: 7789699
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for electrically connecting with a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) comprising: an insulative housing comprising a pair of end walls integrally joining said two side walls, forming a longitudinal mating room with an opening at front for receiving the FPC therein; the side walls define a plurality of grooves in communication with the mating room for receiving a plurality of terminals; the grooves include a plurality of top and bottom terminal slots arranged in the top and bottom walls, respectively and aligned with each other; the end wall defines a recess which forms a guiding slot cooperating with a pair of metallic ears for respectively receiving a pair of latches of the slider; the plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing and comprising a first arm and a second arm both protruding into the mating room; a slider moveably assembled to the insulative housing, comprising an urging portion received in the mating room for driving the flexible printed circuit board against with the terminals when the slider moving to a closed position from an opened position; the slider includes a longitudinal body beam, an urging portion extending from the body beam at middle and a pair of elastic latches extending from the body beam at both ends; the body beam of the slider has a concave portion at the middle for receiving the FPC to prevent it from moving along the longitudinal direction; the urging portion comprises a plurality of recessed portion, each formed with the first contacting surface, the second surface, the guiding surface and a rib being adjacent to the recessed portion; wherein the urging portion of the slider comprise a first contacting surface and a second contacting surface both at same side thereof, the first contacting surface is located closer to the first arm of the terminal than the second contacting surface at a vertical direction, the second arm is located below the first contacting surface at said opened position and engaging with the second contacting surface at said closed position; the pair of metallic ears, each having a body portion covering on the recess of the end wall, a retaining nail extending from one side of the body portion and retained in the end wall, a solder tail extending from another side of the body portion and coplanar with the soldering portion of the terminal and a fixing portion at rear end thereof for preventing the metallic ear moving forward.