Patent ID: 7255584

Claim:
An electrical connector for a flat-type cable, comprising: an insulating housing; a plurality of terminals that is arranged and held in said housing, and is connected to said flat-type cable; a latching metallic piece that is arranged in parallel with said plurality of terminals, which is comprised of: a lever-like arm that extends in a direction of receiving said flat-type cable, said lever-like arm having a latching claw at one end, a fulcrum section at a middle part, and an extending section at the other end, wherein said latching claw prevents coming off of said flat-type cable from said housing, and latches onto a latching section of said flat-type cable by its elastic displacement and prevents coming off of said flat-type cable from said housing; and a pressuring member that can be freely rotated between an open position that enables reception of said flat-type cable to said housing and a closed position that increases the contact pressure of terminals to said flat-type cable, and that has a restricting section that does not contact with said extending section of said latching metallic piece at said open position, and prevents displacement of said extending section at said closed position, wherein said lever-like arm is in a state that it can be freely displaced so as to allow insertion/removal of said flat-type cable to/from said housing when said pressuring member is at said open position, and said lever-like arm does not displace in the direction that increases the latching of said latching claw onto said latching section and is prevented from displacement in the direction that reduces said latching.