Patent ID: 7077690

Claim:
An electrical connector for connecting a flexible printed circuit comprising: a housing comprising a mating surface and a pair of arm receptacles at lateral ends thereof in a lateral direction; a plurality of electrical contacts received in the housing; and a slider member being movably mounted to the housing in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said lateral direction, and comprising a plate, a pressing portion extending forwardly from the plate and a pair of latching arms extending forwardly from lateral ends of the plate, each of the latching arms defining a root portion jointed with the plate; wherein said root portion has a larger dimension than other portions of each latching arm in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction and said lateral direction; wherein said housing comprises a first housing and a second housing vertically assembled to each other and cooperatively retaining each electrical contact therein; wherein the first housing comprises a base portion having the mating surface and a first mounting surface, and a first latch portion formed on one side of the first mounting surface, and wherein the second housing comprises a second mounting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the second mounting surface, a front surface and a protrusion projecting from the front surface for engaging with the first latch portion.