Patent ID: 7364440

Claim:
A connector for making an electrical connection between a flexible circuit and a separate electronic device comprised of: a female plug having a top and bottom surface wherein the plug has at least one keyhole-shaped slot; a flexible circuit, having at least one conductor, that is attached to the female plug wherein the flexible circuit contains a keyhole corresponding to a keyhole slot in the female plug, wherein the conductor is exposed around at least a portion of the keyhole slot, each slot having a portion of wider diameter that opens into a slot of narrower diameter for entirely enclosing at least one corresponding pin on a male connector body of a separate electronics device; and the male connector body having at least one pin where said at least one pin is comprised of a head, body and base attached to the surface of the male connector body, the head being sized to fit through the large diameter portion of the keyhole-shaped slot and a narrow conductive body sized to be slidingly received within the narrow diameter of the keyhole-shaped slot such that when the keyhole-shaped slot is slid over the pin from the wider to narrower portion, the wide head locks the conductive body inside said plug thereby making an electrical contact between said male connector body and said female plug.