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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2000
Hiromichi Komatsu, Yamoto, JP;
Masahiro Sakano, Ebina, JP;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly interconnects a flat flexible circuit and a printed circuit board. The assembly includes an elongated female connector having a dielectric housing with a mating face in a top side of the housing and an elongated receptacle in the mating face. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the housing and are spaced along opposite sides of the receptacle. The terminals have flexible contact portions projecting into the receptacle and tail portions for connection to appropriate conductors of the flat flexible circuit at a bottom side of the housing. An elongated male connector includes a plug portion for inserting into the receptacle of the female connector and a plurality of terminals for engaging the contact portions of the terminals of the female connector, along with tail portions for connection to appropriate circuit traces on the printed circuit board.