Patent ID: 6315602
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A retainer for an electrical connector for establishing pressure contact between an end of a flat cable inserted in an insertion space of a housing of the connector and a plurality of contacts in the insertion space comprising:a main body formed of a synthetic resin and including an elongate body section and an insertable portion extended from the body section for insertion into the insertion space; anda pair of connection arms made of metal and fixed to the main body, and also connectable to the housing by being slidable along the housing in a predetermined direction, each connection arm including,a buried portion that is buried in the body section during molding of the main body, anda projecting portion projecting from the body section along a predetermined position, a distal end of each projecting portion having a slope that is inclined with respect to the predetermined direction,wherein the connection arms are slidably insertable into corresponding slide grooves of the housing in the predetermined direction, and slidable along the slide grooves for guiding the insertable projection in its insertion into or removal from the insertion space, andthe connection arms are inclinable to bring the respective slopes thereof into abutment against bottoms of the corresponding slide grooves, thereby relatively expanding, in the insertion space, an entrance to an introduction space for the flat cable.