Patent ID: 6939164
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly for connecting a flat cable with an electric device, the flat cable having a plurality of wires arranged substantially side-by-side, the connector assembly comprising: a wire-side connector accommodating wire-side terminal fittings, the wire-side terminal fittings having wire-connecting portions for connection with the wires-and having wire-side contact pieces that are narrower than the wire-connecting portions, and a board-side connector accommodating board-side terminal fittings to be connected with the electric device, the board-side terminal fittings having board side contact pieces that are narrower than the wire-connecting portions, wherein: the wire-side terminal fittings and the board-side terminal fittings are electrically connectable by bringing the wire-side contact pieces and the board-side contact pieces into contact from substantially opposite sides, and the wire-side terminal fittings being disposed at first and second stages and being substantially side-by-side at each stage to define pairs of wire-side terminal fittings, with each said pair having one of said wire-side terminal fittings from each of said stages, the wire-side terminal fittings in each said pair being arranged so that the wire-connecting portions thereof are located at least partly over one another and the wire-side contact pieces thereof are substantially side by side at substantially the same height in a width area taken up by one wire-connecting portion.