US 12,113,309 B2
Connector for a flat flexible cable
Hurley Chester Moll, Hershey, PA (US); John Mark Myer, Millersville, PA (US); and Forrest Irving Kinsey, Jr., Harrisburg, PA (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/919,824.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006222 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/69 (2011.01); H01R 12/81 (2011.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/81 (2013.01) [H01R 12/69 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly, comprising:
a flat flexible cable having an insulation material and a plurality of conductors exposed in a window extending through the insulation material; and
a connector including:
a housing portion having a retention section and a crimping section, the retention section has a plurality of terminal receiving passageways, the crimping section is monolithically formed in a single piece with the retention section and includes a fixed securing element formed monolithically therewith and extending vertically upward through the flat flexible cable via an opening in the insulation material of the flat flexible cable outside of the window; and
a plurality of terminals each having a contact portion held in one of the plurality of terminal receiving passageways and a crimping portion exposed in the crimping section, the conductors are each crimped in the crimping portion of one of the plurality of terminals, the crimping section has a base with a plurality of discrete voids extending through the base in a height direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the terminal from an exterior surface of the base through to an interior surface of the base, the plurality of voids open to an outside of the base and an inside of the base in the height direction, the crimping portion of each of the terminals is aligned with one of the voids in the height direction.