Patent ID: 7374430

Claim:
An electrical connector for connecting a flat-type circuit board, comprising a pressing member to press said flat-type circuit board to a member to be connected after said flat-type circuit board is arranged on a corresponding connecting section of said member to be connected, wherein said pressing member comprises: a section to be supported by a support member that is directly or indirectly provided on said member to be connected; a bent section, which is formed by bending sheet metal; a flat section; a reinforcing bent section at least at a part of an edge of said flat section; and a pressing section having elasticity and facing said flat section, wherein said reinforcing bent section is provided on said flat section so as to surround said pressing section, said flat section and said pressing section are provided across said bent section, and said pressing section holds said flat-type circuit board by elastically pressing the flat-type circuit board toward said corresponding connecting section in a state that said flat-type circuit board is between said pressing section and said corresponding connecting section.