Patent ID: 7367837

Claim:
A connector for at least one flat flex cable comprising: a housing comprising a top wall and at least one introduction opening for a flat flex cable end, spring contacts connected to the housing for connecting the at least one flat flex cable with contacts or another flat flex cable, and at least one strain relief, wherein the strain relief has a slide, which is sized and shaped to be introduced into the introduction opening over the flat flex cable in a direction at least partially along an introduction direction of the flat flex cable into the introduction opening, wherein the flat flex cable is bent by a rib on the slide into a recess at a bottom of the housing proximate the introduction opening until the slide locks in a final position on the housing, further characterized in that the slide forms a ramp, whose back end projects above the top wall and a level of the opening during introduction into the opening and slides on the upper edge of the introduction opening, whereby the rib is pressed into the recess, and wherein the slide has a section, on a back end of the slide, with an operating surface for pressing the slide therein.