Omron Corporation

Masayuki Okamoto

Masahiro Ono

Makoto Sato

Atsushi Yokoigawa

Hisakazu Yamada

A connector has a base having an opening to be inserted with a tip portion of a flexible printed circuit board at a front surface, and having a plurality of insertion holes passing from the front surface to a rear surface juxtaposed at a predetermined pitch, a connection terminal arranged in a projecting manner with a substantially T-shaped operating piece having at one end a movable contacting point that comes into pressure contact with joints juxtaposed at the tip portion of the flexible printed circuit board, the connection terminal having one end that becomes a fixed contacting point inserted to the insertion hole from the rear surface side, and an operating lever in which a cam portion is fitted into a turning recessed portion arranged at an upper side of the connection terminal to act as a turning supporting point, the cam portion driving an operation receiving portion positioned at the other end of the operating piece. A position regulation contacting portion arranged at a lower surface of the operating lever locks to a slip-out preventing projection arranged in a projecting manner at an upper side of the connection terminal to prevent slip-out when the operating lever is turned and a locking operation is completed.

Connector with a flexible printed circuit board

A plug includes a plug main body, a connection sleeve, and a connection ring. A socket includes a socket main body and a socket holder. An insertion member of the socket main body is fitted to an engagement concave of the plug main body. An engaging projection of the socket holder is fitted to one end of a circular-arc slit of the connection ring. The connection ring is rotated to relatively shift the engaging projection along the circular-arc slit, and the engaging projection is positioned and locked at the other end of the circular-arc slit.

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Okayama, Japan

Masayuki Okamoto