Patent ID: 7182629

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB); a first housing having a body portion mounted on the PCB, and a tongue plate projecting from the body portion and facing with and spaced from the PCB, the tongue plate having a plurality of terminals arranged thereon; and a second housing movably assembled to the first housing and defining an under surface adjacent to the PCB and an upper surface facing the tongue plate to define a cavity therebetween for receiving an FPC, the second housing being movable, generally along a front-and-back direction, relative to the first housing between a provisionally-retained position to let the FPC to enter the cavity and a completely-retained position to urge the FPC against the terminals to establish electrical connections therewith, wherein the first housing defines nothing between the tongue plate thereof and the PCB in a vertical direction perpendicular to the tongue plate.