Flexible printed circuit board connector

A connector comprising:

• a housing and a cover housing, the housing being generally rectangular parallelepiped in shape and having a recess formed for insertion of a FPC, the cover housing being generally rectangular in shape for openably and closably covering said recess of the housing;
• said housing comprising a first contact, a second contact and a third contact therein, the first and the second contacts being alternatively disposed, the third contact being disposed between a pair of said first and second contacts;
• said first contact and said second contact including a first arm, a second arm, and a horizontal leg, the first arm and the second arm extending in a direction facing toward each other, the horizontal leg connecting the base end of the first and the second arm;
• said third contact including a fixing arm, an elastic arm opposing the fixing arm, and a connection leg connecting said fixing arm with said elastic arm;
• said second arm of the first contact having at tip a receiving portion extending toward a direction opposing a bottom surface of the recess of said housing;
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• said second arm of the second contact having at tip a pressing portion extending toward a bottom surface of the recess of said housing;
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• said cover housing comprising an engaging portion, a supporting portion, and a cam, the engaging portion extending toward a bottom surface side of the recess of said housing for engaging a receiving portion of said first contact, the supporting portion arranged between the pressing portion of said second contact and the bottom surface of the recess of said housing, and pressed by said pressing portion,
• the cam arranged between the elastic arm of said third contact and the bottom surface of the recess of said housing for locking at a tip of said elastic arm, wherein said first arm pivots adjacent to a front end of said housing.