Patent ID: 8864512
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing made of insulator and provided with an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted into the housing, a plurality of conductive contacts provided to be arranged on the housing so as to be positioned to correspond respectively to connecting terminals provided on the flat circuit device when the flat circuit device is inserted into the housing through the opening provided thereon, an actuator provided to elongate in a direction along which the conductive contacts are arranged and to be rotatable in regard to the housing for taking up a first station and a second station selectively and for engaging with the conductive contacts to cause each of the conductive contacts to come into press-contact with one of the connecting terminals corresponding thereto when the flat circuit device has been inserted into the housing through the opening provided thereon and the actuator is shifted from the first station to the second station and to release each of the conductive contacts from the press-contact with the corresponding one of the connecting terminals when the flat circuit device has been inserted into the housing and the actuator is shifted from the second station to the first station, and an engaging member attached to the housing and configured to engage with an end portion of the actuator to hold the end portion of the actuator to the housing so that the actuator is prevented from being removed from the housing, the engaging member is further configured to engage with the flat circuit device inserted into the housing to hold the flat circuit device to the housing so that the flat circuit device is prevented from getting out of the housing; wherein said engaging member is provided with a first movable holding portion configured to engage with a projection formed at the end portion of the actuator to hold the actuator down in two directions perpendicular to each other and a second movable holding portion configured to engage with an engaging portion provided on the flat circuit device to hold the flat circuit device; and wherein said engaging member has a first beam provided to be fixed to the housing, a second beam provided to be movable in regard to the housing and a connecting strut configured to connect mutually the first and second beams with each other, and said first and second movable holding portions are provided respectively at a pair of end portions of the second beam.