Patent ID: 7632135

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a housing to be attached to a circuit board, said housing including an opening portion for receiving a flat conductive member; a first terminal arranged in the housing along a terminal arrangement direction, said first terminal including a contact portion, a guide portion having a lateral opening, and a supporting portion disposed at a lower side of the lateral opening; and a pressing member attached to the housing to be movable between an open position and a closed position, said pressing member pressing the flat conductive member against the contact portion when the pressing member is situated at the closed position, said pressing member including a sucking surface to be sucked by a suction device, said pressing member further including a shaft portion having a guided portion and an abutting portion with a supported surface formed thereon, said guided portion being arranged in the lateral opening so that the guide portion restricts a movement of the guided portion in a vertical direction, said supported surface being arranged to be supported with the supporting portion and to receive a reaction force in the vertical direction from the first terminal.