Patent ID: 7354300
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector for connecting a flexible flat cable or a flexible printed circuit to a circuit board, the flexible cable or flexible printed circuit including plural spaced longitudinal conductors on a first exposed side and a ground conductor on a second exposed side, the connector comprising a housing having a top, a bottom and two sides respectively having exterior top, bottom with a top surface and two side surfaces covered by a grounding and electrically shielding shell, a front side of the housing being open for enabling the flexible cable or flexible printed circuit to be inserted through the front side for respectively engaging elastic contacts on a plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals being fixedly mounted in side-by-side relation in the housing between the two sides of the housing, each of the terminals including, a portion for connection to the circuit board, the shell including plural, fixed grounding contact portions that are generally coplanar and parallel to interior surfaces of the top and bottom of the housing, adjacent pairs of the plural grounding contact portions having spaced edges that extend in the same direction as the sides of the housing, the housing having plural protruding pieces, each located between one of the contact portions and the interior surface of the top or bottom of the housing, the protruding pieces extending forwardly and backwardly and being generally coplanar and parallel to the interior surfaces of the top and bottom of the housing, the plural, fixed grounding contact portions of the shell being press fit between the protruding pieces and the interior surface of the bottom or top of the housing.