Patent ID: 7914312

Claim:
A connector adapted for receiving a longitudinally inserted flexible printed circuit board therein, comprising: an insulating housing defining a receiving recess for receiving the flexible printed circuit board therein and a pair of receiving cavities at two sides of the receiving recess in a front surface thereof; a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the insulating housing and stretching into the receiving recess for contacting with the flexible printed circuit board; and a slidable cover mounted to the insulating housing and having a base board attached to the front surface of the insulating housing, a portion of the base board forming a gap corresponding to the receiving recess for allowing the flexible printed circuit board to be inserted therefrom, a supporting board being extended towards the insulating housing from a portion of the base board adjacent to an inmost edge of the gap for supporting the inserted flexible printed circuit board, two opposite ends of the base board extending towards the same direction as the supporting board to form a pair of fixing arms located at two sides of the supporting board and spaced apart from the supporting board for being inserted into the corresponding receiving cavities, wherein when free ends of the fixing arms are inserted into fronts of the corresponding receiving cavities, the flexible printed circuit board is inserted into the receiving recess from the gap and supported on the supporting board, after the flexible printed circuit board is inserted in the receiving recess, the fixing arms continue to slide rearward in the corresponding receiving cavities to make the fixing arms have an upward displacement by displacing structures formed between the corresponding the receiving cavities and the fixing arms, the fixing arms drive the supporting board to move upward so as to ensure the contact of the flexible printed circuit board contact and the electrical terminals.