Patent ID: 6851968

Claim:
An electrical connector for a flat type conductor, comprising: a housing having an opening; a plurality of terminals held in said housing, each terminal having at least one contact portion; and a pressing member provided at said opening of said housing for rotation between an open position where said flat type conductor is inserted and a closed position where a conductive part of said flat type conductor is brought into resilient-contact with said contact portion of said terminal, each of said terminal including a base and a main arm having a first arm portion extending from said base toward said opening and a second arm portion extending substantially in the same direction as that of said first arm portion, at least one of said first and second arm portions having a sub-arm portion, wherein said flat type conductor is inserted between said first and second arm portions and when said pressure member is moved to said closed position, said sub-arm portion is resiliently deformed about a joint portion between said sub-arm portion and said main arm so that a distal end of said sub-arm portion presses said flat type conductor.