Electrical power connector for flexible circuit board

Claim 1

An electrical power connector for flexible circuit boards comprising: a) a plurality of terminals, each of the plurality of terminals having: i) a contact arm; ii) a support arm; and iii) a connection arm connected between the contact arm and the support arm; b) a base having: i) a plurality of placement partitions; ii) an aperture, one of the plurality of terminals inserted into the aperture between two adjacent placement partitions; and iii) two flexible side walls, each of the two side walls having a pivotal groove, a horizontal groove gap, a vertical groove gap, a wedge channel and an inclined guiding plane, the inclined guiding plane is located between the pivotal groove and the wedge channel; and c) a mobile cover pivotally connected to the base and having: i) two pivotal axes, one of the two pivotal axes inserted into each pivotal groove of the two side walls; ii) a plurality of activity openings into which the support arm of the plurality of terminals are inserted; iii) a pressure portion; iv) a positioning axis connected to the pressure portion, wherein the mobile cover is movable between open and closed positions, when the mobile cover is in the open position, the circuit board is inserted into the aperture of the base, and, when the mobile cover is in the closed position, the positioning axis of the mobile cover engages the support arm of the plurality of terminals and the pressure portion of the mobile cover engages the circuit board, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the contact arm of the plurality of terminals; and v) a block member on opposing sides thereof, each block member engaging one wedge channel of the block member, when the mobile cover is in the closed position.