Patent ID: 7352257

Claim:
A connector for a flexible print cable to which an end of the flexible print cable is connected, comprising; a housing including an insertion and connection opening on a front surface of said housing, wherein an end of the flexible print cable is inserted and connected to said insertion and connection opening; signal contacts and ground contacts disposed alternately on each of an upper side and an under side of the insertion and connection opening; each of said signal contacts on the upper side opposes a corresponding one of the ground contacts on the under side across the insertion and connection opening; each of said ground contacts on the upper side opposes a corresponding one of the signal contacts on the under side across the insertion and connection opening; the ground contacts on the upper side are a part of an upper ground contact member, said upper ground contact member including a first belt part, a plurality of the ground contacts on the upper side protruding from said first belt part having a comb shape, and a plurality of upper covering parts protruding between the adjacent ground contacts on the upper side; and the ground contacts on the under side are a part of an under ground contact member, said under ground contact member including a second belt part, a plurality of the ground contacts on the under side protruding from said second belt part having a comb shape, and a plurality of under covering parts protruding between the adjacent ground contacts on the under side, wherein: the upper covering parts are disposed over the signal contacts on the upper side, each of the signal contacts on the upper side opposes the corresponding ground contact on the under side across the insertion and connection opening, the under covering parts are disposed under the signal contacts on the under side, and each of the signal contacts on the under side opposes the corresponding ground contact on the upper side across the insertion and connection opening.