Patent ID: 6293818
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for joining a flexible printed circuit to a rigid printed circuit board having an upper surface and a lower surface, comprising:a connector housing adapted to be mounted within an opening in the printed circuit board and including a circuit connecting portion for receiving the flexible printed circuit;a plurality of connection terminals mounted within the housing and terminating in surface mount portions wherein upper surfaces of the surface mount portions are adapted to make contact with corresponding circuit traces on the lower surface of the printed circuit board;a ground terminal extending outwardly from each side of the connector housing wherein the upper surface of the ground terminals are coplanar with the upper surfaces of the surface mount portions of the connection terminals; anda circuit fastener rotatably mounted on the connector housing for movement between open and closed positions to secure the flexible printed circuit within the circuit connecting portion of the housing, the circuit fastener in its open position projecting above the upper surface of the printed circuit board.