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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Nathan John Norris, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Steven Jay Millard, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Attalee S. Taylor, Palmyra, PA (US);
Troy Everette Conner, York, PA (US);
Nathan John Norris, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Steven Jay Millard, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Attalee S. Taylor, Palmyra, PA (US);
Troy Everette Conner, York, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector including a housing having a mating interface and a contact interface configured to receive an end of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) having at least one row of FPC contacts, and contacts received in the housing and extending between the mating interface and the contact interface. Each of the contacts being configured to engage a corresponding one of the FPC contacts. An insert member is received within the housing. The insert member includes individual fingers moving independently with respect to one another, and the insert member is configured to be loaded into the housing to a mated position at which each of the fingers separately engage the FPC.