Patent ID: 7351086

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing on which a contact is attached, the housing comprising a recess extending parallel to a mounting surface of a printed circuit board on which the housing is to be mounted, the recess comprising at its rear end an opening; and a slider to be inserted in the recess through the opening, and slid in the recess to be fitted in the housing, a flexible substrate being to be inserted in the recess with the slider so that a contact on the flexible substrate is connected to the contact on the housing, the slider comprising on its both sides a pair of lock arms to fix the slider to the housing when the slider is fitted in the housing, parts of the respective lock arms in the recess being exposed out of the housing at portions of the housing near both sides of an upper face of the housing when the slider is fitted in the housing, and either of the lock arms in the recess being not exposed out of the housing when the slider is not fitted in the housing, each portion of the housing where each lock arm is exposed out of the housing being provided near a corner portion where the upper face, a side face, and a front face of the housing are perpendicularly connected to each other.