If no one knows of a page out there showing pictures of the various types I will take pics of these new ones to me. You have to flip up a section that is pivotted, not at all obvious on first encountering. 0.3mm spacing of conductors . Otherwise distinctive features are staggered lands at the closure and a part view of a line of 0.6mm space pins along the top of the socket making it looks as though they are a conventional slide in direction of ribbon cable closure, but not fully closed or opened out a bit, but the apparent closure does not slide in any direction.
Sounds like the ones often encountered on laser cable terminations, particularly on Panasonic DVDs and many portable DVD players ? Usually dark brown body and beige flip up section. Some that I've encountered, even combine both slide back and flip up. As you say, sometimes not obvious how to release them without damage.
This one had one of those and a variant in black . Because of the end cheeks of the large white section having a hook/barb shaped plan view made it look more like that section moved and was locked into the small black section, not so. In fact the black part was pivotable along the wide axis. I realised the brown one was pivotting closure early on, but not the black one, thinking it was low force insertion as it had a back plane to the ribbon, so tougher.
2 types of 0.3mm spacing of ribbon conductor ZIF sockets on a digital camers, brown for the LCD and black for the CCD
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Each shown with direction of ribbon entry from the top( when in place) White with brown one top and 4th images.
33 way conductors , on the main white section marked MX/ at one end and E2 on the other. Purple B marks where there should be the same tiny brown pivot piece as the other end but I managed to break it off.
2nd and 5th images white with black, 35 way as 33 plus 2 outer conductors, "A" on one end and 33 on the other end of the black section, maybe "C" on the white section. Purple B marks where there should be a hook piece like the other end but I thought it needed pulling outwards to release and not made to do so, so broke off. This one is for ribbons with stripline grounding plane so thicker construction.
Both just need very light pressure from a small needle to rotate upwards 1/4 turn, as shown in the bottom two images. Only an ounce or so of force is needed to flip up either type, do not use a finger nail.
Middle image shows the distinctive ribbon land pattern on both types, but only observable when released
-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
Only thought about this later. In both cases the broken ends have not affected the hinge action, just the loss of lock/latch at one end, fixed part in one case and moving part for the other. The hinge must consist of extented "knuckle hinge" multiple ball and cups.
-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
Correcting a few errors. The black and the brown connectors require the same
0.16mm thickness at the ribbon ends, the "black" one has more metal and seemed thicker. The brown one has cable entry nearest the brown piece and bare lands nearest the pcb. Opposite for the "black" one , ribbon entry farthest from the black bit and bare lands away from the pcb.
-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
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