Patent ID: 6893278

Claim:
A connector for connecting to a flexible substrate, said connector comprising: a housing comprising a pair of first and second side surfaces opposite to each other; pivot-supporting holes in said first and said second side surfaces; guides on said first and said second side surfaces bending outward in an L-shape from said first and said second side surfaces; guide grooves on a surface of said guides; an insertion opening on a third side surface of said housing; and locks on a fourth side surface of said housing opposite to said third side surface; multiple contacts attached to the housing, said multiple contacts comprising contact points at predetermined intervals in said insertion opening and positioned to contact conductor patterns on said flexible substrate; a U-shaped slider comprising slide arms opposite said U-shape and guided by said guides of said housing and a press plate on an other part of said U-shape and inserted into said insertion opening, said slider being capable of traveling freely between a backward position and a forward position, said backward position being where said press plate is out from said insertion opening and forms a gap for inserting said flexible substrate into said insertion opening, said forward position being where said press plate is inserted into said insertion opening and being capable of pressing either one of said contact points of said contacts and said flexible substrate against the other; and an operation lever comprising opposing turn arms; pivots protruding from said turn arms and engaged turnably with said pivot-supporting holes on said guides; and an operation part connecting said turn arms with each other, said turn arms comprising turn locks for locking to the locks on said housing, said operation lever being supported turnably with respect to said housing, said operation lever moving said slider forward and backward in association with a turn, wherein guide protrusions of said slider slide between said forward position and said backward position in said guide grooves of said guides when said operation lever is turned, and said connector being adapted so that said flexible substrate can be inserted into said insertion opening when said slider is positioned at said backward position, and said contact points of said multiple contacts and said conductor patterns of said flexible substrate inserted into said insertion opening elastically come in contact with each other, and said connector being adapted so that said turn locks provided on said operation lever and said locks provided on said housing are locked to each other when said slider moves to said forward position.