Flexible flat cable system

Claim 1

A cable system comprising: a. a flat flexible cable having a plurality of parallel spaced apart conductors extending longitudinally therethrough and maintained in position by a flexible, nonconducting material; b. a connector housing having an elongated slot therein for receiving an edge of a printed circuit board, said slot opening outwardly along one side of said housing and extending inwardly to form sides, spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the printed circuit board to be received therein; c. said housing further defining first and second channels opening into said slot and extending generally parallel with and spaced from the opening of said slot, said first and second channels being in opposite sides of said slot in generally parallel, opposed relationship; d. the bottom surface of each of said channels having a plurality of parallel ridges formed therein extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of said channels and spaced apart approximately the same distance as the spacing between the conductors in the flexible cable; e. first and second elongated, resilient cylindrical members having cross sectional dimensions slightly greater than the cross sectional dimensions of said channels in said housing and positioned in said channels so as to extend outwardly into said slot; f. said cable having a fold therein extending transverse to the conductors with said fold being positioned in said slot so that the conductors extend into said slot between said resilient members with each conductor overlying and parallel to a ridge in said channels; and g. said cable further defining elongated openings in the nonconducting material between the conductors and positioned adjacent said resilient members for providing movement of individual conductors.