FPC CONNECTOR

摘要

An FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) connector includes a housing defining a central slot and conductive contacts having opposite branches retained in the housing on opposite sides of the central slot. A stuffer bar is received in the central slot and is movable between a withdrawn position and an engaged position. The stuffer bar has finger grips on opposite ends thereof for being gripped by fingers of a user to apply a driving force to move the stuffer bar with respect to the housing. The stuffer bar has a flat surface on which a flexible circuit is positioned whereby when the stuffer bar is moved to the engaged position, a normal force is applied by the flat surface of the stuffer bar to the flexible circuit for engaging a conductive pattern of the flexible circuit with the corresponding contacts. A recess is formed in a middle portion of the flat surface of the stuffer bar whereby the middle portion of the stuffer bar is free of normal force acting upon the flexible circuit. The total force acting upon the flexible circuit is divided into two components acting on opposite sides of the recess and located close to the finger grips thereby reducing moments induced by the driving force. Damage caused by undue deformation of the stuffer bar is thus alleviated.