FLEXIBLE BOARD CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE BETWEEN CIRCUIT BOARD AND FLEXIBLE BOARD

摘要

A flexible board connector 1 includes a casing 2 having an opening 6 in its upper surface and placed inside a through-hole 41 of a circuit board 40. Terminals 43, 44 of the circuit board 40 are connected to outside contact portions 3b, 4b of conductive contacts 3, 4 which portions 3b, 4b protrude from proximity to an upper end of a side surface of the casing 2. A portion of the flexible board 30 is inserted into an insertion hole 9 through the opening 6, and then a press member 8 is slid toward the opening 6. Thereby, inside contact portions 3a, 4a of the contacts 3, 4 and the inserted portion of the flexible board 30 are sandwiched to be fixed by the press member 8 and a wedge-shaped push-up block 10 located in the casing. The press member 8 has a cover portion 8a which allows a portion of the flexible board 30 located outside the insertion hole 9 to be bent in the direction generally parallel to an upper surface of the circuit board 40. IMAGE