摘要 |
An electrical connector ( 22 ) is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit ( 24 ) to a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing ( 26 ) having an opening ( 28 ) for receiving an end of the flat circuit. A, plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing in a side-by-side array and are spaced along the opening. Some of the terminals have mounting sections ( 32 a) for fixing the terminal in the dielectric housing. Each such terminal includes a tail section ( 32 b) projecting from one end of the mounting, section outside the housing for connector to an appropriate circuit trace on the printed circuit board. A flexible contact arm ( 32 c) projects from an opposite end of the mounting section into the opening. An actuator section ( 32 e) is disposed between the flexible contact arm and the mounting section. An actuator ( 30 ) is movably mounted on the housing for movement between and open position allowing the flat circuit to be inserted into the opening and a closed position in engagement with the actuator sections of the terminals to bias the flexible contact arms into engagement with the flat circuit.
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