Patent ID: 7467970

Claim:
A pair of flat-type flexible cable connectors comprising a first connector to be connected to an end of a flat-type flexible cable comprising a plurality of conductors laid side by side in a flat-type insulating coating, the width direction of the first connector to be aligned with the direction of laying of the conductors; and a second connector to be fitted with or disconnected from the first connector by inserting or withdrawing in a depth direction perpendicular to the width direction; the first connector being provided with a first connector body and a plate-like cable holder having flat end faces on both sides in a thickness direction perpendicular to both the width direction and the depth direction and having an end in the depth direction protruding into a side of fitting with the second connector, and being structured to make the end of the flat-type flexible cable, said end of the flat-type flexible cable having the insulating coating removed except an insulated leading end part to expose the conductors and being inverted by bending an intermediate part of the exposed conductors in an approximately-U-shape, extend and contact both the end faces with the bent part of the exposed conductors serving as a boundary, and hold the insulated leading end part of the end of the flat-type flexible cable and an insulated root end part thereof located opposite to the leading end part with the exposed conductors located in between them, the first connector body having a cable-holder insertion channel extending in the depth direction for receiving and releasably retaining the cable holder therein by simultaneously applying compressing forces to the insulated leading end part and the insulated root end part being disposed facially opposite the insulated leading end part when the cable holder is at least substantially inserted in the cable-holder insertion channel; the second connector comprising a second connector body being able to be fitted with the first connector, and a plurality of terminals being provided on the second connector body and laid side by side in the width direction to contact the exposed conductors of the end of the flat-type flexible cable upon fitting the second connector body with the first connector.