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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Teruhito Suzuki, Kozagun, JP;
Hideyuki Hirata, Yamato, JP;
Teruhito Suzuki, Kozagun, JP;
Hideyuki Hirata, Yamato, JP;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A cable connector includes a housing with an insertion recess for receiving an end of a flat cable and a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing for connecting to conductive leads of the flat cable. An actuator is attached to the housing so that the attitude of the actuator can be changed between a first position at which the flat cable can be inserted into the opening and a second position at which the actuator presses the conductive leads of the inserted flat cable into contact with the terminals. The actuator is attached to the housing at a cable insertion end side thereof and brought to the second position when the attitude of the actuator is changed in an insertion direction of the flat plate-like cable. A fulcrum of the attitude-changing movement of the actuator in the insertion direction is positioned further from the second position, as viewed from an effort point of a force applied by the flat cable to the actuator at the second position, than a point of action of the force being applied.