Patent ID: 7950952

Claim:
A cable connector comprising: a housing, the housing including an insertion recess for receiving an end of a flat cable; a plurality of terminals , each terminal being disposed in the housing for connecting to conductive leads of the flat cable; an actuator , the actuator being attached to the housing so that the attitude of the actuator can be changed between a first position, at which the flat cable can be inserted into the opening, and a second position, at which the actuator presses the conductive leads of the inserted fiat cable into contact with the terminals; wherein: the actuator is attached to the housing at a cable insertion end side thereof and brought to the second position when the attitude of the actuator is changed in an insertion direction of the flat plate-like cable; and a fulcrum of the attitude-changing movement of the actuator in the insertion direction further from the second position is located farther, as viewed from an effort point of a force applied by the flat cable to the actuator at the second position, than a point of action of the force.