Patent ID: 7341477

Claim:
A connector for a flexible substrate comprising: a housing having a board insertion port for receiving a flexible substrate; contacts of a first type provided in parallel with each other so as to be contactable with electrodes of the flexible substrate inside of the housing; and an actuator supported pivotally and rotatably on an upper side of the housing; each of the contacts of the first type having: a base portion being substantially U-shaped in side view and attachable to a back portion of the board insertion port of the housing; an arm portion having a substantially U-shaped side view, being supported in midair by the base portion and being adapted to support an end portion of the flexible substrate; and a contact point portion being arranged inside the arm portion, extended downward, and adapted to contact with the electrodes of the flexible substrate; wherein the arm portion of the each contact of the first type has: an elastic supporting portion extended horizontally inward from a position on a lower side and counter board-insertion-direction side of the base portion, a tip portion of the elastic supporting portion being bent in a board-insertion-direction to form a ¼ circular arc; a lower linear portion being provided continuously from an end portion of the elastic supporting portion and adapted to receive the end portion of the flexible substrate from below; a ½ circular arc portion being provided continuously from an end portion of the lower linear portion and having a tip portion folded back in the counter board-insertion-direction; and an upper linear portion being provided continuously from an end portion of the ½ circular arc portion, wherein the actuator is provided with cam portions of the first type, each cam portion of the first type being contactable with an upper surface of a tip portion of the upper linear portion of the arm portion of each of the contacts of the first type, for bringing the contacts of the first type into pressure contact with the electrodes of the flexible substrate when the actuator is put into a closed state, and wherein the contact point portion of the each contact of the first type is arranged in a position on the board-insertion-direction side as compared with the corresponding one of the cam portions of the first type.