Patent ID: 6837740

Claim:
An electrical connector for terminating a flat electrical circuit having a bottom surface and a top surface, comprising: a dielectric housing having an opening for receiving an end of the flat circuit in a circuit-insertion direction; a plurality of terminals mounted on the housing in a side-by-side array and spaced laterally along the opening, each of at least some of the terminals having a first flexible contact arm for engaging said bottom surface of the flat circuit and a second flexible contact arm for engaging the top surface of the flat circuit; an actuator movably mounted on the housing for movement between an open position allowing the flat circuit to be inserted into said opening and a closed position engaging the top surface of the flat circuit and biasing the bottom surface of the circuit against said first flexible contact arms; and the first and second flexible contact arms being coupled to each other such that the first contact arm pulls the second contact arm into engagement with the top surface of the flat circuit when the actuator is moved to its closed position.