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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2005
Brian J. Gillespie, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Kevin E. Walker, Hershey, PA (US);
Richard Malehorn, Ii, York, PA (US);
Brian J. Gillespie, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Kevin E. Walker, Hershey, PA (US);
Richard Malehorn, II, York, PA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A connector for a sheet-like member includes a housing () providing an open mouth () for receiving the sheet-like member and a support surface (); terminals () arranged in the housing and each comprising a fulcrum portion (), a contact beam () extending into the open mouth from the fulcrum portion and a pivot beam () extending in opposite direction to the contact beam from the fulcrum portion; and an actuator () rotatable between an open and a closed positions. The actuator has shaft portions () pivotally engaging with the pivot beams and cam portions () between the shaft portions and rotatably supported on the support surface. The shaft portions will urge upwards the pivot beams to force the contact beams against the sheet-like member with aid of the fulcrum portions while the actuator is rotated from the open position to the closed position.