Patent ID: 6971908
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing for receiving a sheet-like connection member, the insulative housing having a lower wall and an upper wall, the upper wall forming a plurality of first ribs at a bottom thereof, every two adjacent first rib defining a first passageway therebetween, each first rib forming a curved end exposed outwardly from an edge of the upper wall; a plurality of electrical contacts received in the housing, each contact comprising a securing arm and a contact arm bifurcated from the securing arm, the securing arm being received in a corresponding passageway; an operation member pivotably engaging the housing, the operation member having a pressing portion at a bottom thereof and a channel in a portion thereof opposite from the pressing portion, the operation member being rotatable with pivoting about the curved ends of the first ribs of the housing from an open position where the connection member is admitted into the housing to a closed portion where the pressing portion presses the connection member against the contact arms of the contacts.