Patent ID: 7563128
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector adapted to be detachably fitted with a flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable, comprising: a required number of contacts having at least one contact portion to contact said flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable and a connection portion to be connected to a substrate, a housing holding and fixing said contacts therein and having an insertion opening through which said flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable is inserted into said housing, and a slider located at the opposite side of said insertion opening, for urging said contacts against said flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable, wherein said at least one contact portion of the contact is to contact at least the upper surface of said flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable, wherein each of said contacts further comprises an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion provided between said contact portion being a first contact portion and the connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion positioned in opposition to said connection portion and extending from said elastic portion so that said first contact portion, said elastic portion, said fulcrum portion and said connection portion are arranged in the form of a crank, and said slider comprises urging portions arranged side by side in its longitudinal direction and is mounted in said housing such that said urging portions are pivotally moved between said connection portions and said pressure receiving portions of said contacts, whereby said pressure receiving portion is pressed upwardly and said first contact portion moves to depress against the flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable, wherein said urging portions of said slider are of an elongated circular shape and wherein said slider further comprises anchoring grooves independent from each other adapted to engage projections of said contacts, respectively.