Patent ID: 7435130

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining an elongated receiving cavity to receive a flexible printed circuit therein having a front opening communicated with an exterior, a flat surface from which a plurality of channels recessed to communicate with the receiving cavity; a plurality of contacts disposed in channels and have contact regions extending into the receiving cavity; each contact region comprising an inclined section facing the front opening, a flat shadow section extending from a bottom of the contact region to a front tip of the contact region, the shadow section located in the corresponding channel and an arced section at the front tip connecting the inclined section with the shadow; wherein a joint of the arced section and the shadow section is the front tip of the contact region; wherein the arced section is of ¼ circle and a radius center of which is on the shadow section, a distance from a circle center of the arced section to the shadow surface being shorter than radius of the arched section; wherein each of the contacts having an upper elongated pivoted beam and a lower elongated contact beam including the contact region, the upper pivot beam and the lower contact beam being substantially parallel and extended from a retention portion having a plurality of barbs on an upper edge portion for retaining on an upper wall of the housing and a solder leg on a bottom edge portion; wherein the length of the upper pivot beam and the lower contact beam extending from the retention portion to their front ends are substantially equal.