Patent ID: 8808020
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising; a housing made of insulator to be mounted on a solid circuit board and provided thereon with an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted into the housing, a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on the housing to be electrically connected respectively with circuit terminals provided on the solid circuit board and positioned to correspond respectively to connecting terminals provided on the flat circuit device when the flat circuit device is inserted in the housing through the opening provided thereon, a conductive shell mounted on the housing to cover partially the housing and to be electrically connected with a grounded portion provided on the solid circuit board and provided with a holding member to extend into the housing for engaging with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing to hold the flat circuit device, and a releasing member formed with the housing to be movable with a manipulatable portion projecting from the inside to the outside of the housing at a portion of the housing neighboring the opening through which the flat circuit device is inserted into the housing and a pressing portion projecting from the manipulatable portion to engage with the holding member, wherein the manipulatable portion of the releasing member is formed to be movable in a direction along which the conductive contacts are arranged and the pressing portion of the releasing member is operative to move for pressing the holding member so as to cause the holding member to disengage from the flat circuit device inserted in the housing so that the flat circuit device is released from holding by the holding member when the manipulatable portion of the releasing member is moved in the direction along which the conductive contacts are arranged under a condition wherein the holding member is put in engagement with the flat circuit device inserted into the housing to hold the flat circuit device.