Patent ID: 7128596

Claim:
A plug-type connector for connecting end portions of a pair of FFCs extending in parallel to each other, comprising: a holder including a placing frame provided on a surface and backside thereof with a pair of placing faces on which end portions of the pair of FFCs are respectively placed, the placing frame having a first placing plate and a second placing plate being disposed apart from and extending parallel to one another, the first and second placing plates being connected to each other at facially opposing sides by connecting portions, the first placing plate defining one of the pair of placing faces and the second placing plate defining a remaining one of the pair of placing faces; and a fixing member operative for fixing the end portions of the pair of FFCs to the corresponding placing faces of the holder, the fixing member including: an annular portion which defines an insertion hole into which the placing frame of the holder with the end portions of the FFCs placed on the corresponding placing faces, is inserted together with the FFCs; engagement portions which are engageable with corresponding engaged portions of the holder when the annular portion is brought toward the holder with the pair of FFCs previously inserted into the insertion hole of the annular portion; and a first frame, a second frame and an intermediate frame extending parallel with one another, the intermediate frame disposed in the insertion hole and disposed apart from and between the first and second frames, wherein, when the placing frame of the holder is inserted into the insertion hole and engaged with the fixing member, the first and second placing plates are disposed between the first and second frames and the intermediate frame is received between the first and second placing plates.