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US 2001/0018290 A1Published application
Connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorHiroshi Aoki
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Abstract
In a connector housing (15), slits (25) formed in outer walls are perpendicular to the terminal insertion direction, so that an FPC (40) that is passed through the slits (25) can be positioned at a predetermined location and arranged opposite conductor joints (37) of terminals (17). When a rear holder (19) for applying pressure to the FPC (40) that is passed through the slits (25) is shifted, the conductor joints (37) are bent, and that the recovery force produced by the bending holds the conductor joints elastically in contact with the FPC (40).
Claims6
A connector comprising:
- a connector housing;
- a terminal accommodation chamber provided in the connector housing;
- a terminal including an elastic conductor joint accommodated in the terminal accommodation chamber in a terminal insertion direction;
- a pair of slits, which are adapted to be passed a flat cable therethrough, respectively formed in an opposite outer walls of the terminal accommodation chamber, wherein the flat cable is inserted in the pair of slits in a direction perpendicular to the terminal insertion direction;
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- a rear holder inserted into the connector housing being shiftable between and engageable at a temporary engagement position in which the flat cable is permitted to be inserted through the pair slits and a plenary engagement position wherein the rear holder and the an elastic conductor joint hold the flat cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.