Patent ID: 6726497
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector releasably coupling, electrically and mechanically, conductors of a flat printed circuit (FPC) comprising:an insulative housing defining an FPC insertion cavity, a plurality of terminal held in said housing in a side by side relationship with contact beams extending in said FPC insertion cavity; said terminals each having a support post held to and extending away from said base extending laterally from said support post is a pivot point and a contact beam; a plurality of biasing beams arranged adjacent said terminals having a first end, a second end, and a fulcrum point; and a pivoting actuator including a shaft designed to rotate within the pivot point of the terminals, the shaft having a cam which, when the actuator is in the down or locked position, engages the first end of the biasing beam causing the biasing beams to rotate about their fulcrum points moving the second end into contact with the FPC whereby the FPC is in electrical engagement with the terminals and the FPC is tightly held mechanically between the terminals and the biasing beams.