Patent ID: 6908335

Claim:
A connector for a flexible printed circuit board comprising: a) a main body having a slot with an inner bottom wall; b) a plurality of terminals, each of the plurality of terminals inserted into the main body and having: i) abase; ii) a contact arm extending from a bottom of the base into the slot; iii) a supporting arm extending from a top of the base into the slot and having a compression part located on an end opposite the base and a dented part located between the compression part and the base; and iv) a guiding arm located on an end of the contact arm opposite the base, the flexible printed circuit board being inserted into the slot between contract arm and the supporting arm and engaging the guiding arm; and c) a locking part movable between released and locked positions and having: i) two pivoting parts, each of the two pivoting parts being located on one of two opposing ends of the locking part and pivotally connecting the locking part and the main body; ii) a plurality of through holes, the supporting arm of each of the plurality of terminals being inserted into one of the plurality of through holes; and iii) a pivoting and rotating part formed on an inner wall of each of the plurality of through holes and engaging the compression part of each supporting arm, wherein, in the released position, a front of the locking part is rotated downwardly toward the flexible printed circuit board, the pivoting and rotating part is spaced apart from the flexible printed circuit board, and the guiding arm is spaced apart from the inner bottom wall of the slot, and in the locked position, the front of the locking part is rotated upwardly away from the flexible printed circuit board, the pivoting and rotating part engaging the flexible printed circuit board, and the guiding arm engaging the inner bottom wall of the slot.