Patent ID: 7677918

Claim:
A connector adapted for receiving a flexible printed circuit board therein, comprising: an insulating housing having a base board; a plurality of electric terminals disposed in the base board of the insulating housing for electrically contacting the flexible printed circuit board; a shell pivoted onto the insulating housing and having a top board, the top board protruding downward to form at least one connecting rib capable of electrically abutting against the flexible printed circuit board; and at least one ground terminal disposed in the insulating housing, the ground terminal having a base portion fastened in the base board, a contacting portion and a soldering portion extending from two opposite ends of the base portion, respectively, the contacting portion stretching out of a top surface of the base board for being against the top board of the shell and the soldering portion stretching out of the base board; wherein two opposite ends of the base board extend upward to form a pair of sidewalls, an outside surface of each of the sidewalls defines two L-shaped locking fillisters, two opposite ends of the top board of the shell extend downward to form a pair of sideboards, each of the sideboards defines two openings, a top edge of one of the openings extends downward and then is bent inward to form a hook, a side edge of the other opening extends and then is arched inward to form a buckling portion, when the shell is closed, the hook and the buckling portion are buckled into a level part of the corresponding locking fillisters, respectively.