Patent ID: 7442047

Claim:
A connector for electrically connecting the conductors of a flat flexible circuit to the conductors of a printed circuit board, comprising: carrier means for carrying said flexible circuit in a fixed position with respect to said carrier means with said conductors of said flexible cable facing outward from one side of said carrier means; said carrier means including a pair of extending peg portions extending from said one side for receipt in a pair of positioning openings formed in said printed circuit board; an actuator slidably engaged with an opposite side of said carrier means and movable between a first position corresponding to a disengaged position and a second position corresponding to an engaged position; a tension spring mounted on said actuator; a cage structure secured to said printed circuit board and having a top wall covering said pair of positioning holes; said carrier means adapted to properly position said conductors of said flexible circuit for connection with said conductors of said printed circuit board by positioning said extending peg portions within said openings in said printed circuit board while said actuator is in its first position and subsequently moving said actuator to said second position to secure connection; said spring positioned to engage said top wall to effect compression of said spring in response to movement of said actuator from said first position to said second position while said extending peg portions are positioned within said holes whereby the compression of the spring exerts downward force on said carrier means to effect good electrical connection between said conductors of said flat flexible circuit and said conductors of said printed circuit board.