Patent ID: 7195496

Claim:
A connector assembly that includes first and second connectors, for applying electricity to a display assembly that includes a carrier plate that has outer and inner faces and that has edges including a front edge, and that includes a film-shaped display that is mounted over said outer face of said carrier plate, with at least two exposed contact pads lying on the outer surface of the carrier plate and connected to said display, said first connector having a U-shaped insulative first body that extends around said front edge of said carrier plate and that has body outer and inner arms lying respectively over the outer and inner faces of the carrier plate, said body inner arm forming a mating end that is mateable to said second connector, said first connector including a pair of first contact elements each mounted in said first body, each contact element bent into a U-shape and each having an outer end that bears against one of said contact pads, each contact element having an inner end that lies over said carrier inner face, and each contact element having a connecting part that joins said outer and inner ends, wherein: said second connector has an insulative second body that is mateable to said first body with one body having a cavity that receives a part of the other body, and said second connector has a pair of second contact elements that each engages the inner end of one of said first contact elements; said outer arm of said first body completely covering said contact pads and said outer ends of said first contact elements.