US 12,283,766 B2
Connector and flat cable
Naoki Hosoya, Kameyama (JP); Chengfu Chen, Kameyama (JP); and Akira Ieyama, Kameyama (JP)
Assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corporation, Kameyama (JP)
Filed by Sharp Display Technology Corporation, Kameyama (JP)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,410.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,846, filed on Nov. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146656 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/85 (2011.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/85 (2013.01) [H01R 12/771 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector configured to electrically connect a flat cable, the connector comprising:
a housing including an opening space configured to receive the flat cable; and
a plurality of contactors configured to be electrically connected to connection terminals of a terminal section formed at one surface side of a first portion of the flat cable, respectively,
wherein the housing includes an upper section, a bottom section opposing the upper section, and a first side section coupling the upper section and the bottom section on one end side in a first direction,
the opening space is a space surrounded by the upper section, the bottom section, and the first side section,
the plurality of contactors are formed on a first inner face of the bottom section facing the opening space,
the housing further includes an insertion opening on the other end side in the first direction, the insertion opening allowing a second portion of the flat cable excluding the first portion to be inserted from a side portion of the second portion into the opening space,
the flat cable is allowed to move from a first position at which the second portion is located in the opening space to a second position at which the first portion is located in the opening space, and
at a second inner face of the upper section facing the opening space, the connector includes a second recessed portion or a second protruding portion to be fitted with a first protruding portion or a first recessed portion provided at the other surface side of the first portion of the flat cable, in a state in which the flat cable is located at the second position and the connection terminals of the terminal section are electrically connected with the plurality of contactors, respectively.