Patent ID: 7291040

Claim:
A connector for a flexible substrate comprising: a body, configured to insert an end of the flexible substrate thereinto from a front surface side thereof, for holding a plurality of contacts arranged in parallel for respectively contacting a plurality of terminals arranged on the end of the inserted substrate; and an actuator, including a plurality of cams corresponding to the plurality of contacts within the body, and a plurality of shafts arranged between the plurality of cams; wherein each of said contacts includes a contacting point part for contacting a corresponding one of the terminals on the end of the substrate and a hook of hook shape for engaging and holding a corresponding one of the shafts formed in the actuator; the actuator, upon rotating about the plurality of shafts from an opened state to a closed state, presses the inserted substrate with the plurality of cams so as to bring the terminals at the end of the substrate into contact with the corresponding contacts, the hooks engage the shafts from the front surface side so as to restrain the actuator from moving toward the front surface side; and the body includes a restraining part for abutting the plurality of cams from a rear side of the body so as to restrain the actuator from moving toward the rear surface side.