Patent ID: 6935888

Claim:
An electrical connector for a flat cable, comprising: a dielectric housing mounting a plurality of terminals and defining two opposite side walls and an opening between the side walls for receiving an end of the flat cable in engagement with the terminals, the side walls each defining a notch with a flared mouth facing upwardly; and a pressing member pivotally mounted relative to the housing for movement between a first position allowing free insertion of the end of the flat cable into the opening and a second position where the pressing member abuts the flat cable against the terminals so as to assure mechanical and electrical engagement therebetween, the pressing member having a generally elongated pressing body and a pair of positioning members disposed at longitudinal opposite ends of the pressing body; wherein a part of each of the side walls that is at one lateral side of the mouth is resiliently deformable to facilitate insertion of the positioning members into the corresponding notches as the pressing member is situated substantially at the second position and to assure pivotable reception of the positioning members in the notches; wherein the each of the side walls defines first and second slanted guiding surfaces at the mouth of the notch thereof; wherein the pressing body has two operating portions at opposite ends thereof; and wherein each of the operating portions has an L-shaped arm and a handle disposed at a free end of the arm.