Patent ID: 7086893

Claim:
An electrical connector for connection with a flexible printed circuit (FPC), comprising: an insulating housing comprising an inserting face and a receiving cavity for receiving the FPC, and defining an inserting direction of the FPC, a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the inserting direction and a vertical direction perpendicular to the inserting direction and the longitudinal direction; a plurality of electrical contacts received in the housing for electrically connecting with the FPC; a pair of guiding channels located at longitudinal opposite sides of the housing and each comprising a first groove and a second groove spaced from the first groove along the vertical direction and along the inserting direction respectively, and a guiding slope communicating the first groove and the second groove; and an actuator movably mounted on the housing for accomplishing an electrical connection of the electrical contacts and the FPC, and having a pair of stoppers extending from opposite sides thereof for facilitating movement of the actuator between a first position and a second position; wherein when the actuator is in the first position, the stoppers are received in the first grooves, whereby the FPC is free to be inserted into the housing, and when the actuator is in the second position, the stoppers are received in the second grooves, whereby the actuator biases the FPC against the electrical contacts; wherein the electrical connector comprises a pair of positioning members and the pair of guiding channels are formed on the pair of positioning members.