Electrical connector assembly for connecting flat flexible circuitry to discrete electrical terminals

An electrical connector assembly for interconnecting a plurality of discrete electrical wires to the conductors of a flat flexible circuit, comprising:

• a female connector including
• a dielectric housing defining a receptacle, and
• a plurality of discrete conductive terminals mounted on the housing and adapted for termination to said electrical wires with the terminals having contact portions exposed in said receptacle for engaging the conductors of the flat flexible circuit;
• and
• a male connector including
• a body portion for insertion into the receptacle of the housing of the female connector,
• the body portion being adapted for positioning the flat flexible circuit thereon with the conductors of the circuit positioned for engaging said conductive terminals when the body portion is inserted into the receptacle, wherein the body portion includes integral locating pegs adapted to engage corresponding locating holes in the flat flexible circuit for locating the flat flexible circuit relative to the body portion and
• a yieldable backing structure on the body portion beneath the flexible circuit for resiliently biasing the conductors of the circuit against the terminals of the female connector.