Patent ID: 6186823
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulating housing having a plurality of electrical terminals protruding from a wall thereof;a flexible printed circuit having a generally rectangular shape and divided at a center thereof into a first section and a second section;conductive pads on an upper surface of the flexible printed circuit extending thereacross on each side of a center line of the flexible printed circuit so that first conductive pads are located on the first section and second conductive pads are located on the second section;a slider member disposed on a lower surface of the second section and the first section is folded back and fastened to the second section so that lower surfaces of the first and second sections extend along each other with the slider member therebetween adjacent the center line; andwherein the first section is positioned between the wall and the second section along a portion of the wall and each end of the first section and the second section is electrically connected to the plurality of the electrical terminals with prescribed electrical terminals of the plurality of electrical terminals being electrically connected to the first conductive pads on the upper surface of the first section and prescribed electrical terminals of the plurality of electrical terminals being electrically connected to the second conductive pads on the upper surface of the second section.