Patent ID: 7074074

Claim:
An electrical connector for a flexible printed circuit (FPC), comprising: an insulative housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of opposing side-walls, which cooperate to define a cavity opened to a front face of the housing, and defining two spaced recesses formed on an outer side at each side-wall wherein the first recess is adjacent to the front face and upwards opened and the second recess is remote from the front face, the bottom wall forwardly extending beyond the top wall to have an front end thereof exposed; a plurality of terminals loaded in the housing and each having a contact portion protruding into the cavity; and an actuator movably assembled to the housing and comprising a tongue and a pair of side latches disposed oppositely beside the tongue, each latch provided with an barbed end inserted in the first recess from the upward opening of the first recess and slidable from the first recess into the second recess, the tongue having an end thereof abutted on the front end of the bottom wall when the barbed end is in the first recess and insertable into the cavity while the barbed end sliding into the second recess; wherein the connector further comprises a lock ear assembled to the housing to cover the upward opening of the first and second recesses; wherein the lock ear has a grounding leg adapt to be soldered to a printed circuit board; wherein the terminal is provided with a fixed arm fixed on the bottom wall of the housing and partially exposed in the cavity, the fixed arm extending along an insertion direction of the tongue, and wherein the tongue defines slots at an under surface thereof corresponding to the fixed arms.