Patent ID: 6077124
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A female connector for electrically interconnecting conductors of a flat flexible circuit to conductors of a complementary mating connecting device, comprising:a female housing having wall means defining a cavity for receiving the flexible circuit, the wall means including wall portions which are relatively movable between an open condition allowing a yieldable backing structure to be molded on a cavity-side of at least one of the wall portions and a closed condition defining said cavity,wherein said female housing is generally U-shaped and includes a pair of side wall portions defining opposite sides of the cavity and a rear wall portion defining a rear of the cavity, said rear wall portion including a slot through which the flat flexible circuit passes; anda yieldable molded-in-place backing structure on said cavity-side of the at least one wall portion for resiliently biasing the conductors of the flexible circuit received in the cavity against the conductors of the mating connecting device when the connector is mated with the device.