Patent ID: 7097496

Claim:
An electrical connector for a flexible printed circuit (FPC) comprising: an insulative housing having a first wall and a second wall opposing to each other and defining a cavity therebetween opened to a front face of the housing; a plurality of terminals loaded in the housing, each terminal provided with a fixed arm around the first wall and a resilient arm around the second wall and exposed to the cavity; and an actuator comprising a tongue insertable into the cavity, the tongue having a retaining surface adapted to retain the FPC in contact with the resilient arms, a guiding surface defining a plurality of slots to guidingly receive the fixed arms of the terminals for guiding the insertion of the tongue, and a plurality of cutouts at an end of the tongue, each cutout communicating with one of the slots correspondingly and running through the retaining surface and the guiding surface thereby to make the end of the tongue a comb-like shape; wherein the actuator comprises a pair of side latches beside the tongue, each latch provided with an barbed end, and the housing defines two spaced recesses and a stop block at each side of the cavity for receiving the barbed end, and wherein the first recess is adjacent to the front face and the second recess is remote from the front face, and both recesses are opened upwards and sidewards; wherein the connector further comprises a pair of retaining ears assembled to the housing to respectively cover the upward openings of the first and second recesses, and the stop blocks.