Ribbon conductor connector

A ribbon conductor connector comprising:

• a housing formed with a receiver as a space opened rearward, the receiver being capable of receiving a ribbon conductor in a ribbon shape, the ribbon conductor being insertably and pullably connected to the ribbon conductor connector in a longitudinal direction;
• a plurality of terminals arranged in a width direction of the ribbon conductor as a terminal arrangement direction, the plurality of terminals being held in the housing;
• a reinforcement metal fitting disposed outside a terminal arrangement region in the terminal arrangement direction, the reinforcement metal fitting being held in the housing;
• and
• a movable member movable with rotation between an opening position at which insertion of the ribbon conductor to the receiver is permitted and a closing position at which a contact pressure of the terminal to the ribbon conductor is increased, wherein
• the housing permits movement of the movable member on a front side of the receiver,
• the movable member has a main body elongating in the terminal arrangement direction, a cam located corresponding to the terminal in the terminal arrangement direction, and a shaft at a position corresponding to the reinforcement metal fitting in the terminal arrangement direction, the cam being in collaboration with the terminal,
• the plurality of terminals has an upper arm and a lower arm elongating along the longitudinal direction and a coupler that couples middle parts of the upper arm and the lower arm in the longitudinal direction,
• the upper arm has, on a front end side, a pressure-receiving portion that is capable of elastically deforming upward by receiving force from the cam when the movable member is at the closing position, and the upper arm has, on a rear end side, a pressing portion that is elastically deformed downward corresponding to elastic deformation of the pressure-receiving portion, the pressing portion pressing the ribbon conductor from above to increase a contact pressure of the ribbon conductor with the terminal,
• the reinforcement metal fitting has a held portion that is held on the housing on a front end side of the housing, the reinforcement metal fitting has an elongating portion elongating from the held portion to a front side, the elongating portion elongating outside the housing, the reinforcement metal fitting has a regulating portion located on a front side of the shaft, and the reinforcement metal fitting has a fixing portion located below from the regulating portion, the fixing portion being fixed to a circuit board,
• the main body has a regulated portion located corresponding to the reinforcement metal fitting in the terminal arrangement direction,
• the regulated portion is located so as to be contactable to the regulating portion facing from front in a state in which a first gap is formed between the regulated portion and the regulating portion when the movable member is at the closing position, and
• the movable member is configured to be moved to a rear side in the longitudinal direction by a distance of the first gap when the movable member receives external force on the rear side.