Patent ID: 7094093

Claim:
A connector detachably fitted with a flexible printed circuit board, including a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion to contact said flexible printed circuit board, a housing holding and fixing said contacts and having a fitting opening into which the flexible printed circuit board is inserted, locking members adapted to engage said flexible printed circuit board, and a pivoting member causing said contacts and said locking members to be elastically deformed, wherein said flexible printed circuit board is provided with anchoring portions, and said locking members each comprise a first piece having an engaging portion at one end adapted to engage said anchoring portion of the flexible printed circuit board, a pressure receiving portion at the other end adapted to be urged by said pivoting member, and a projection inwardly extending from the tip of said pressure receiving portion; a second piece having a connection portion at one end or the other end to be connected to a substrate; and a jointing fulcrum portion for connecting said first piece and the other end or the one end of said second piece; said locking members being installed on said housing, and wherein said housing is provided with notches on the side of its upper surface at positions corresponding to said locking members.