Flexible printed circuit connector and contact eyelet therefor

摘要

A flexible printed circuit connector comprises a stabilizer plate and a flexible printed circuit which have a corresponding pattern of holes which receive contact eyelets which attach the flexible printed circuit to the stabilizer plate. The contact eyelets comprise a tubular body having a flange at one end with depending crimp ears at the rim of the flange which pierce through and extend inwardly to clamp the flexible printed circuit against the flange, and depending crimp ears at the opposite end of the tubular body which extend outwardly to clamp the stabilizer plate and the flexible printed circuit against the flange. The stabilizer plate and the contact eyelets are configured for simultaneously crimping all crimp ears of each eyelet.