Flat cables and corresponding connector

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR AND A PAIR OF FLAT CABLES TO BE JOINED IN SAID CONNECTOR IN OVERLAPPING FACE TO FACE POSITION, EACH OF SAID CABLES PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPACED CONDUCTING STRIPS AND INSULATION THEREBETWEEN, STIFFENERS DISPOSED AT ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID CABLES, SAID STIFFENERS PROVIDED WITH FACES HAVING RAISED PORTIONS THEREON, AND SPACEDLY CORRESPONDING TO SAID CONDUCTING STRIPS ABOVE SAID FACES IN MATING RELATION, LOCKING MEANS PROVIDED ON SAID CONNECTOR AND SAID CABLES AND DISPOSED FOR INTERCONNECTION THEREBETWEEN FOR RETENTION OF SAID CABLES IN SAID CONNECTOR, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING A HOUSING INCLUDING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING END PLATES, EACH OF SAID END PLATES DISPOSED ADJACENT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CONNECTOR AND PROVIDED WITH A HOLE THEREIN, A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL CABLE MOUNTING BASE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID END PLATES, AN ECCENTRIC SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID HOLES OF SAID END PLATES, A PRESSURE PLATE INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES CARRIED BY SAID SHAFT BETWEEN SAID MOUNTING BASE AND SAID SHAFT, A RESILIENT PRESSURE PAD DISPOSED ON SAID LOWER SURFACE OF SAID PRESSURE PLATE, A CORRUGATED SPRING CARRIED ON SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID PRESSURE PLATE AND HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING BENEATH SAID SHAFT, SAID SHAFT DISPOSED FOR A DOWNWARD MOVEMENT RESPONSIVE TO ROTATION THEREOF AND INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SPRING TO MOVE SAID PRESSURE PLATE DOWNWARD TO CLAMP SAID CABLES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CONDUCTORS IN CONTACT BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE PAD AND SAID CABLE MOUNTING BASE.