US 12,308,546 B2
Connector for a flat flexible cable
Christopher Raybold, Middletown, PA (US); John Mark Myer, Middletown, PA (US); Ryan David Hetrick, Middletown, PA (US); and Jeremy Patterson, Middletown, PA (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,225.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,347, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0056542 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/79 (2011.01); H01R 12/88 (2011.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/79 (2013.01) [H01R 12/88 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector for a flat flexible cable, comprising:
a housing having a base and a cover, the base has a closed section with a receiving passageway and an open section extending from the closed section, the cover encloses the open section in a closed position of the cover, the cover has a main body with a pressing surface and a latch extending from the main body, the latch engages a catch of the base in the closed position; and
a terminal disposed in the receiving passageway and having a tab extending into the open section, the pressing surface abuts the tab and presses the tab toward the base in the closed position.