Patent ID: 8221147

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising; a housing made of insulator and provided with an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted into the housing, a plurality of conductive contacts provided to be arranged on the housing and positioned to correspond respectively to connecting terminals provided on the flat circuit device when the flat circuit device is inserted into the housing through the opening provided thereon, a conductive shell mounted on the housing for covering partially the same and provided with a holding member formed in a body therein for holding the flat circuit device inserted in the housing, and a movable lever provided to be rotatable in regard to the housing for taking up a first station and a second station selectively, wherein the holding member formed in the conductive shell comprises an arm portion extending from the conductive shell to the inside thereof, an engaging projection provided at an end of the arm portion for engaging with an engaging edged portion provided on the flat circuit device, a pressure receiving portion extending from the engaging projection for receiving pressure from the movable lever and an indicating portion extending from the pressure receiving portion for indicating a state of the holding member, wherein the engaging projection is operative to engage with the engaging edged portion provided on the flat circuit device inserted in the housing so as to hold the flat circuit device and the indication portion is operative to take up a first position when the movable lever is postured to take up the first station, wherein the pressure receiving portion is operative to be moved by the movable lever to release the engaging projection from engagement with the engaging edged portion provided on the flat circuit device inserted in the housing so as not to hold the flat circuit device and to cause the indication portion to take up a second position different from the first position when the movable lever is rotated from the first station to the second station, and wherein the indication portion taking up at least one of the first and second positions is able to be visually checked from the outside of the conductive shell.