Connector
AssigneeFujitsu Component Limited
InventorsKoki Sato, Atsushi Sakurai, Manabu Shimizu, Hideo Miyazawa
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Abstract
A connector is disclosed. A plate contact member is fixed to a housing of the connector. The contact member includes an FFC connection contact section. The FFC connection contact section is formed in a U-shape, and includes a base section on which a triangular projection is formed. An FFC is held between the base section and a slider fitted in the housing. The projection pierces a covering of the FFC to come into contact with a wire of the FFC. Thus, the FFC is electrically and mechanically connected to the connector.
Claims7
A connector to which an end of a flat ribbon cable including a conductive line covered with a covering is to be connected, comprising:
- a housing;
- a contact member secured to the housing, including a flat flexible cable connection contact section that is formed in a U-shape for receiving the end of the flat flexible cable therein and includes a projection on at least one of opposing inner edges of the U-shaped flat flexible cable connection contact section;
- and
- a slider configured to elastically deform the flat ribbon connection contact section;
- wherein the flat flexible cable connection contact section and the slider are configured such that when the slider is fitted with respect to the flat flexible connection contact section an elastic force is generated in the flat flexible connection contact section, and the slider presses the flat flexible cable against said at least one of the opposing inner edges of the flat flexible connection contact section such that the projection pierces the covering of the flat flexible cable to come into contact with and press the conductive line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.