Molex Corporation

Nobuhide Morioka

Toshihiro Niitsu

Hirokazu Suzuki

Yusuke Shibata

Akira Sagayama

Osamu Matsuzaka

Yoshinobu Sato

Kota Sagayama

An FPC plug, which fits with another connector, comprises a substrate part, a conductive pattern on the surface of the substrate part, a cable part and a connecting part connected to an end of the cable part. The connecting part includes a protruding terminal engaging a terminal of the other connector. The terminal is formed integrally with, and protrudes from a surface of, the conductive pattern; and includes a base end part connected to the surface of the conductive pattern, an upper end part having a width at most equal to the width of the base end part, and a side surface part between the upper end and base end parts. The side surface part recedes toward the inner side in the width direction more than the base end and upper end parts, and includes a minimal point at which the width is at a minimum.

Sheet connector having a terminal protruding from a conductive pattern on a substrate to engage a terminal of another connector

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Yamato, Japan

Nobuhide Morioka