Patent ID: 7083454

Claim:
A connector to be detachably fitted with a flexible printed circuit board or a flexible flat cable, comprising a required number of contacts having a contact portion to contact said flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable, a housing for holding and fixing therein said contacts and having a fitting opening for inserting said flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable, and a slider for pressing said flexible printed circuit board or flexible flat cable against said contacts, said contacts each having an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion between said contact portion and a connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion at a location opposite to said connection portion and extending from said elastic portion, and said contact portion, said elastic portion, said fulcrum portion, and said connection portion being arranged in the form of a crank, and said slider being provided with urging portions continuously in its longitudinal direction and being fitted in said housing so that said urging portions are pivotally movable between said connection portions and said pressure receiving portions of said contacts, wherein said housing comprises: insertion grooves; and anchoring portions at locations corresponding to said connection portions of said contacts, and said connection portions of said contacts each comprise an oblique recess to engage said anchoring portions; and wherein the mutual shape and size of each of said anchoring portions and said oblique recesses are arranged when said contacts are first inserted into said housing such that the contact portions of said contacts are substantially parallel to the insertion grooves of said housing, and on further proceeding of insertion, the contacts are obliquely inclined so that said contact portions contact with upper walls of said insertion grooves, and when the insertion has been completed, said contact portions return into parallel with the insertion grooves with the aid of said oblique recesses.