Patent ID: 7047636

Claim:
A method of connecting a connector member to a flat circuit member including a conductor portion, wherein the connecting member includes a bottom plate portion, at least one side wall portion extending upward from one side edge of the bottom plate portion, and at least one claw portion extending from the other side edge of the bottom plate portion so as to oppose to the side wall portion, said claw portion terminating at a first distal end and said side wall portion terminating at a second distal end, the method comprising the steps of: causing the claw portion to penetrate a first piercing portion of the flat circuit member in a thickness direction of the flat circuit member; and bending the claw portion such that the first distal end of the claw portion pierces a second piercing portion of the flat circuit member which is different from the first piercing portion of the flat circuit member, so as to obtain electric contact with the conductor portion, wherein the second distal end of side wall portion supports the flat circuit member without piercing the flat circuit member, and the second piercing portion is located in a vicinity of the side wall portion.