Patent ID: 6027363
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector for electrically interconnecting conductors of a flat flexible circuit to conductors of a complementary mating connecting device, comprising:a body member on which a first length of the flexible circuit is fixed, with a second length of the circuit extending away from the body member, wherein said body member has a forward edge about which the flexible circuit is wrapped; anda resilient strain relief means on the body member engageable with the flexible circuit such as to locate the second length of the flexible circuit in a plane offset from the plane of the first length of the circuit,whereby pulling forces on the second length of the flexible circuit away from the body member biases the circuit against the resilient strain relief means, andwherein said body member includes a passage through which the second length of the flexible circuit extends, the passage being offset from the plane of the first length of the flexible circuit, and the resilient strain relief means being located in the passage.