Patent ID: 6478612
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for a substantially flat cable, comprisingan insulative housing having an insertion opening formed therein, the insertion opening being adapted to receive an end portion of the substantially flat cable; a first plurality of terminals each having a distal end serving as a connection point with the end portion of the substantially flat cable and being mounted in the housing and oriented in a first direction, and a second plurality of terminals each having a distal end serving as a connection point with the end portion of the substantially flat cable and being mounted in the housing and oriented in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction, wherein the first plurality of terminals are each mounted adjacent at least one of the second plurality of terminals so that the connection points of the first and second pluralities of terminals alternate between a respective first and second position in relation to a lengthwise direction of the first and second pluralities of terminals; a plate being interposed in the space between the end portion of said substantially flat cable and each of the first and second pluralities of terminals; and a mechanism extending from said plate and comprising an overhang of said plate that overhangs in the outward transverse direction farther than the end portion of said substantially flat cable inserted into sad insertion opening, the mechanism being adapted to displace said plate so that said first and second pluralities of terminals elastically deform and thereby separate from the end portion of the said substantially flat cable, wherein a top portion of the housing has an opening formed therein and substantially aligned with the overhang of said plate.