US 11,677,179 B2
Sealed FFC electrical connectors
Charles M. Gross, Dillsburg, PA (US)
Assigned to FCI USA LLC, Etters, PA (US)
Filed by FCI USA LLC, Etters, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/529,468.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,124, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0158385 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 12/88 (2011.01); H01R 12/79 (2011.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5219 (2013.01) [H01R 12/79 (2013.01); H01R 12/88 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing having a slot configured to receive a mating component;
a plurality of contacts held in the housing and configured to be in electrical contact with the mating component when the mating component is in a mated position in the slot;
a resilient member having at least a portion supported by the housing; and
an actuator pivotably coupled to the housing and configured to have:
an opened position in which the mating component may be inserted in the slot, and
a closed position in which a biasing force is applied on the resilient member such that, when the mating component is in the mated position in the slot, the resilient member provides a moisture-resistant seal around a surface of the mating component.