Patent ID: 6981891
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A flexible flat cable connector, for electrically engaging a socket having an upper terminal and a lower terminal, comprising: an insulating member having an indentation and an adjacent retaining block on each of two lateral sides of said insulating member, said insulating member further including a multitude of spring finger slots along a front edge thereof; a base plate mounted on said insulating member having two projected ears respectively on two lateral sides of said base plate, each of said projected ears extending into a corresponding said indentation and having a retaining hole for retaining a corresponding retaining block, said base plate further including a multitude of spring fingers capable of being contained within said spring finger slots; and an upper plate capable of being slidably connected to said insulating member for covering said base plate, said upper plate having two side walls for holding said insulating member, each of said side walls further including a resilient arm in electric contact with a corresponding said projected ear and extending into a corresponding said indentation; whereby said upper plate and said base plate clips a flexible flat cable that has a conductive meshed layer on a bottom surface thereof, whereby said base plate is in electric contact with said conductive meshed layer and said resilient arms of said upper plate is in contact with said base plate so as to achieve a grounding effect, and whereby said flexible flat cable connector is inserted into said socket and mating portions of said lower terminal of said socket extends into through holes of said insulating member.