Patent ID: 7628618
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A flexible cable positioning device comprising: a baseboard, having a plurality of contact points; a positioning housing, located on said baseboard and corresponding to said contact points, and having an opening thereon; a cover, movably mounted on said positioning housing, and having a plurality of protruding parts corresponding to said contact points; and a flexible cable, inserted into said positioning housing via said opening and accommodated in said positioning housing, and having a contact part disposed between said contact points and said protruding parts; said cover being mounted on said positioning housing and located on the side opposite to said opening, said cover pressing and fixing said flexible cable into said positioning housing, and said protruding parts of said cover fixing said contact part of said flexible cable on said contact points of said baseboard to make said contact part electrically connect with said contact points such that once said flexible cable is loosened and moved toward the direction of the opening of the positioning housing, said cover will contact said flexible cable so that a counter force is generated to prevent said flexible cable from being slipped off; wherein said positioning housing has two positioning parts located and spaced away on each side of a rear end of said positioning housing respectively, and said positioning parts are used for limiting said contact part of said flexible cable to contact said contact points of said baseboard correspondingly; and wherein said cover comprises a rotatable cover with two pivot parts opposed to each other and pivotally mounted on said positioning parts of said positioning housing, so that said rotatable cover can rotatably to press and fix said flexible cable into said positioning housing when a front portion of said cover being at closed position and adjacent to said rear end of said positioning housing.