Patent ID: 7318737

Claim:
A connector comprising: an approximately box-shaped housing having an insertion opening for insertion of a flat flexible cable; a forked contact member provided within said housing; and a lever which is disposed on a side opposite to the insertion opening and turnably supported by said housing, wherein said forked contact member includes a base held by said housing, an upper arm and a lower arm extending toward said insertion opening from said base, and a forked engaging arm extending from said base in the opposite direction of said insertion opening, said lever includes a handle portion, a rotational shaft supported by said housing to provide a rotational axis to said handle portion, and a first plate cam provided to said rotational shaft to engage with said engaging arm, and said lever raised by rotating said handle portion causes a thicker portion of the first plate cam to depress the engaging arm so as to move the upper arm upward, thereby increasing a distance between the upper arm and the lower arm.