US 2006/0040539 A1Published application

Contact member for flat wiring member and connector having the same

AssigneeFujitsu Component Limited

InventorsAtsushi Sakurai, Manabu Shimizu, Koki Sato

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Abstract

First and second signal contact members and ground contact members are arranged in parallel in an electrical insulating block body. Each of the contact members has an FPC holding section. The FPC holding section comprises a first contact arm, a locking section projecting from a proximal end of the first contact arm in a Z2 direction, an L-shaped base arm, a narrow section, a second contact arm, and a push section extending from a proximal end of the second contact arm in a Z1 direction. When the push section is pushed by an end of an FPC, the narrow section is bent so that the second contact arm is moved closer to the first contact arm. The push section is locked by the locking section so that the FPC is held and fixed between the first contact arm and the second contact arm.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A contact member for a flat wiring member, comprising:

a main section;
a first contact arm extending from the main section;
a second contact arm extending from the main section to face the first contact arm;
a push section arranged to be pushed by a front end of the flat wiring member inserted between the first contact arm and the second contact arm;
a locking section configured to lock the push section at a position to which the push section is pushed and displaced;
and
a third contact section extending from the main section in a direction opposite to the first and second contact arms;
wherein when the push section is pushed by the front end of the flat wiring member inserted between the first contact arm and the second contact arm, either the first contact arm or the second contact arm is displaced to narrow a clearance between a first contact section at a front end of the first contact arm and a second contact arm at a front end of the second contact section so that the flat wiring member is held between the first contact section and the second contact section, and the push section is locked by the locking section.

5 more elements

A contact member for a flat wiring member, comprising:

a main section;
a first contact arm extending from the main section;
a base arm extending from the main section;
a flexible arm extension provided at a front end of the base arm;
a second contact arm extending from the arm extension to face the first contact arm;
a push section extending from a proximal end of the second contact arm toward the first contact arm and arranged to be pushed by a front end of the flat wiring member inserted between the first contact arm and the second contact arm;
a locking section extending from a proximal end of the first contact arm toward the second contact arm and configured to lock the push section at a position to which the push section is pushed and displaced;
and
a third contact section extending from the main section in a direction opposite to the first and second contact arms;
wherein when the push section is pushed by the front end of the flat wiring member inserted between the first contact arm and the second contact arm, the second contact arm is rotated about the arm extension to narrow a clearance between a first contact section at a front end of the first contact arm and a second contact section at a front end of the second contact arm so that the flat wiring member is held between the first contact section and the second contact section, and the push section is locked by the locking section.

7 more elements

A contact member for a flat wiring member, comprising:

a main section;
a first contact arm extending from the main section;
a support arm extending from the main section;
a locking arm extending from the main body section between the first contact arm and the support arm and having a width smaller than a width of the first contact arm;
a flexible arm extension provided at a front end of the support arm;
a second contact arm extending from the arm extension to face the first contact arm;
a push section extending from a proximal end of the second contact arm toward the first contact arm and arranged to be pushed by a front end of the flat wiring member inserted between the first contact arm and the second contact arm;
a locking section arranged at a front end of the locking arm and configured to lock the push section at a position to which the push section is pushed and displaced;
and
a third contact section extending from the main section in a direction opposite to the first and second contact arms;
wherein when the push section is pushed by the front end of the flat wiring member inserted between the first contact arm and the second contact arm, the second contact arm is rotated about the arm extension to narrow a clearance between a first contact section at a front end of the first contact arm and a second contact section at a front end of the second contact arm so that the flat wiring member is held between the first contact section and the second contact section, and the push section is locked by the locking section.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/095,576Filed 1 Apr 2005
Priority: JP 2004-23976019 Aug 2004
Published: 23 Feb 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H01R 12/592
For flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures: connections to contact elements
H01R 12/87
Contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or like structures: acting automatically by insertion of…
H01R 12/732
Connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures: printed circuits being in the same plane
H01R 12/79
For flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures: connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures