Patent ID: 7722373
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing that has an accommodating space for accommodating part of a flat object to be connected; a plurality of contacts that are fixed in said housing and arranged in a given direction; an actuator which is mounted on said housing such that said actuator is pivotally movable between an open position for accommodating the part of said object to be connected into said accommodating space and a closed position for pressing the part of said object to be connected against said contacts; and a locking member which is mounted on said housing such that said locking member is slidable between a locked position to inhibit said actuator in said closed position from opening and an unlocked position to allow said actuator in said closed position to open, along a direction which is orthogonal to a direction of a thickness of the part of said object to be connected.