Connector for flexible printed circuit

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a cavity opened to a front face thereof and a pair of recessed area on two side thereof;
• a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing, each of said terminals defining an engagement portion extending into the cavity and a fixed arm opposite to said engagement portion;
• an actuator movable assembled to the housing, said actuator including an elongated base, a tongue extending from a middle section of the base and movably received within the cavity, and a pair of side latches respectively extending from end sections of the base and respectively disposed in the corresponding recessed areas;
• and
• a pair of exterior abutment walls being discrete from the housing while being formed on exterior sides of the corresponding pair of recessed area of the housing to confine the corresponding side latches from a lateral side.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a mating cavity and a pair of recessed areas on two sides thereof;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with engagement portion;
• an actuator including a tongue movably received in the mating cavity along a front-to-back direction, and a pair of side latches movably received in the corresponding pair of recessed areas;
• means for guiding movement of said tongue in the mating cavity along the front-to-back direction without tilting;
• and
• two exterior abutment walls located on two lateral sides of said recessed areas for guiding movement of said pair of side latches in the corresponding recessed areas along said front-to-back direction without tilting;
• wherein
• the housing unitarily defines a tuber at a front face to stop excessive forward movement of the latch so as to assure the latches are moveably received in the corresponding pair of recessed areas respectively without being dropped therefrom.