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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Kazuto Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A connector ( ) for a flexible circuit board ( ) has a housing ( ), a pressing means ( ), and parallel contacts ( ) each having a conductive arm ( ) and arranged at a pitch to form a row in the recess ( ) of the housing. The pressing means ( ) can be swung to close the recess so that an inner end portion of the flexible board ( ) overlying the conductive arms ( ) will be pressed down onto these arms. Reinforcement metals ( ) face one another over the row of the contacts ( ) and are attached to opposite sides ( ) of the housing ( ), so as to be soldered to a rigid printed circuit board. Each reinforcement metal ( ) has a resilient support ( ) for urging upwards the flexible board ( ) in a direction away from the conductive arms ( ) so as to keep the board in place.