Connector for connecting a flexible substrate to contacts
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Jan 9, 2001
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May 20, 1998
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May 29, 1997
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There is provided a connector for connecting a flexible substrate to a plurality of contacts, including a housing having a first plane on which a flexible substrate is supported and second planes formed at opposite ends of the first plane and having a greater height than the first plane, a plurality of contacts assembled to the housing, and a lever rotatably supported above the housing, the lever being formed with a first outer surface and second outer surfaces formed at opposite ends of the first outer surface. The first outer surface makes contact only with the flexible substrate for compressing the flexible substrate onto the first plane, and the second outer surfaces makes contact only with the second planes for fixing the lever in a stationary position relative to the housing. The above-mentioned connector ensures that a maximum contact force allowable for the flexible substrate can be set at a time when the lever finishes its rotation. Hence, it is possible to fix the flexible substrate in the connector with a maximum contact force.
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