Patent ID: 8267717

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a main body; a pair of support plates fixed to the main body, each support plate having a lock portion; an actuator having: a base portion; a pair of latches and a pair of pivots extending laterally outwardly from the actuator; the actuator being movably attached to the main body with the pivots engaging the support plates, wherein the actuator is movable relative to the main body between a first position at which a space is formed between the main body and the actuator for receiving an FPC therein, and a second position at which the space is closed such that the FPC is sandwiched between the main body and the actuator and electrically connected to the body connector, wherein when the actuator moves towards the second position, the lock portions are deflected outwardly by the pair of latches from an original position to allow the latches to pass over and thereafter, the lock portions are resumed to the original position to engage the latches to lock the actuator at the second position, wherein the support plates and the main body form a pair of slots within which the pivots are slidably received such that the actuator is slidable relative to the main body from the second position to a third position at which the pair of latches pass beyond an end of the lock portions of the support plates and become disengaged from the lock portions to allow the actuator to move to the first position, and wherein the main body has a pair of inclined surfaces and the actuator has a pair of extension arms each extending perpendicularly from an end of a corresponding pivot, wherein when the actuator moves beyond the second position, the pair of extension arms urge against the pair of inclined surfaces to cause the actuator to move toward the first position.