Patent ID: 7097482
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector adapted for connecting a flexible board, comprising: an insulated housing defining a plurality of retaining channels along a longitudinal direction; a plurality of first and second contacts retained in the retaining channels, each of the first and second contacts having a contact beam and a support beam with a bearing portion, each first contact further having a pivot portion extending in the longitudinal direction; a pressing member comprising a plurality of compartments for accommodating said bearing portions and a plurality of partition walls for keeping the compartments apart from each other, each partition wall defining a substantially tubular passageway opening to one longwise end of the housing and arranged to align with the corresponding pivot portion in the longitudinal direction so as to longitudinally receive the corresponding pivot portion therein ; and wherein said partition wall is confined between the bearing portions of the first contact and the second contact.