ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUITS

摘要

An electrical connector 10 for a flexible printed circuit 70 comprises a connector body 12 having two rows of open channels 22 and a terminal 14 disposed in each channel. Each channel 22 has a longitudinal rib 38 which projects from a partition wall 20 on one side of the channel and is spaced from the partition wall 20 on the other side of the channel and which cooperates with a base wall 18 of the connector body 12 to define a slot 40. The terminals 14 have a side wall 44 disposed between the longitudinal rib 38 and the partition wall 20 on the other side of the channel and a lateral flange 46 which is attached to a longitudinal edge of the side wall 44 and which is disposed in the slot 40 to retain the terminal 14 in the transverse direction. Each terminal 14 further comprises a contact bow 48 which is attached to a forward edge of the lateral flange 46 and has a nose portion 52 seated against the longitudinal rib 38 to retain the terminal 14 in one longitudinal direction. The median portion of the contact bow 48 projects outwardly of the channel for making an electrical connection with a flexible printed circuit 70.