Flat cable connector

A flat cable connector comprising:

• a board-side housing including a plurality of electrical terminals and adapted to attach to a circuit board;
• and
• a cable-side housing engageable with said board-side housing and adapted to hold a flat cable, wherein said cable-side housing comprises:
• a cable conductor positioning member including successive first and second surfaces on which conductors of a flat cable are receivable, said second surface extending axially beyond said first surface and being angled relative to said first surface;
• and
• a cable conductor holding member pivotably supported on said cable conductor positioning member and movable between a holding position and a release position, said cable conductor holding member including a holding surface, said second surface of said cable conductor positioning member and said holding surface of said cable conductor holding member being arranged in opposition to each other when said cable conductor holding member is in said holding position so as to retain portions of conductors of a flat cable therebetween, and said holding surface being moved away from the second surface to release the flat cable when the cable conductor positioning member is moved to the release position.

A flat cable connector comprising:

• a board-side housing, which holds metal terminals and is adapted to be fixed to a circuit board, and
• a cable-side housing holding a flat cable,
• said cable-side housing having a plurality of conductors of said flat cable projecting from a distal end of said cable-side housing in a juxtaposed manner, so that said conductors are respectively connected to said terminals, when said board-side housing is fitted with said cable-side housing,
• said cable-side housing comprising a positioning member for positioning said conductors, and a holding member pivotally supported on said positioning member so as to be pivotally moved between a holding position and a release position;
• wherein, in said holding position, said conductors are held between said positioning member and said holding member, and in said release position the holding of said conductors is released,
• wherein said cable-side housing is fitted into said board-side housing in a direction of a length of said conductors, said holding member is disposed forwardly of the portions of said conductors, which are to be contacted respectively with said metal terminals, in the fitting direction, and guide grooves are formed in said holding member, and when said two housings are fitted together, said guide grooves guide said metal terminals respectively to contact positions where said metal terminals contact said conductors, respectively.