Patent ID: 8550841

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a flat cable in which a plurality of conductors are arranged on a plane and peripheries of the conductors are covered with an insulating sheath: and a connector housing that supports the flat cable, wherein the connector housing has an opening portion which accommodates a mating connector when the mating connector is engaged with the connector and supports the flat cable so that one end of the flat cable where the conductors are exposed by removing the insulating sheath is arranged at the opening portion; and wherein at least one of the conductors exposed at the one end of the flat cable is brought into contact with a terminal of the mating connector when the mating connector is engaged with the connector; wherein opposing ribs are formed in the opening portion of the connector housing, wherein the opposing ribs are respectively provided above and below the flat cable so as to sandwich and hold, in a thickness direction of the flat cable, the insulating sheath of the flat cable and are extended toward the insulating sheath from an upper face and a lower face of the opening portion, and wherein a terminal accommodation space arranged between the adjacent ribs can accommodate one terminal of the mating connector.