Patent ID: 8141237

Claim:
An FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) connector assembling fixture, which is adapted to assemble a cover, conductive terminals, and an insulation housing of an FPC connector, the fixture comprising: a base, which is set horizontally; a lower slidable carriage, which is slidably coupled to the base; a lower mold, which is rotatably coupled to the lower slidable carriage, the lower mold forming an accommodation chamber, in which the insulation housing is received and retained; an upper slidable carriage, which is located above the base and opposes the lower slidable carriage in a vertical direction; an upper mold, which is mounted in the vertical direction to a bottom of the upper slidable carriage; guide posts, which have lower ends mounted to the base and opposite upper ends slidably extending through the upper slidable carriage; a terminal fitting mechanism, which is mounted to the upper mold in a slidable manner; and a cover mounting mechanism, which is mounted to the lower mold, the cover mounting mechanism comprising a push rod and a first slide channel and a second slide channel formed in the lower mold, the first slide channel and the second slide channel being respectively formed in substantially perpendicular directions, the second slide channel being in communication with the accommodation chamber and the first slide channel, the push rod being in engagement with and slidably coupled to the second slide channel, the push rod being slidable in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a sliding direction of the terminal fitting mechanism.