Patent ID: 7445493

Claim:
A connector for a flexible conductor, comprising: a connector body; a plurality of contacts provided in the connector body; an operator capable of vertically moving between a first lower position and a second upper position within the connector body; and a driver capable of moving between a first position and a second position, relative to the connector body; wherein the driver causes the operator to move vertically between the first and second positions correspondingly to a movement thereof between the first and second positions; the operator, in the first position, allows a flexible conductor to be placed between the operator and the plurality of contacts, and, in the second position, allows the external terminals of the flexible conductor to be in contact, at a predetermined contact pressure, with the plurality of contacts; and the operator has a horizontal upper surface serving as a push surface to push the flexible conductor placed thereon toward the contact and the operator has a horizontal lower surface under which the driver can be positioned parallel with the horizontal upper surface.