Patent ID: 8002567

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising; a housing provided to be mounted on a solid circuit board with a first end surface facing the solid circuit board, a second end surface opposite to the first end surface to be open to a space on the solid circuit board and an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted in the housing, a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on the housing to be electrically connected respectively with circuit terminals provided on the solid circuit board and positioned to correspond respectively to connecting terminals provided on the flat circuit device inserted in the housing through the opening provided thereon, and reinforcing mount members provided respectively on end portions of the housing in a direction along which the conductive contacts are arranged to be used for mounting the housing on the solid circuit board, wherein a holding member is formed in the reinforcing mount member to extend into the housing for engaging with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing to hold the same, a releasing member is formed in the housing to be movable with a first end portion thereof operative to project out of the housing on the side of the second end surface of the housing and a second end portion thereof operative to engage with the holding member, and the releasing member is moved toward the first end surface of the housing so that the second end portion of the releasing member causes the holding member to be released from engagement with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing when the first end portion of the releasing member is pushed toward the inside of the housing under a condition wherein the holding member is put in the engagement with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing.