Connector for flexible circuit boards

- J.S.T. MFG. Co., Ltd.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation; and

FIG. 5 is a right-side elevation;

FIG. 6 is a first auxiliary figure of the connector shown in use; and,

FIG. 7 is a second auxiliary figure of the connector shown in use, in which the subject article having a row of terminals is secured to a side edge of a flexible circuit board.

The broken lines showing the flexible circuit board in FIGS. 6 and 7 are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

A left-side elevation appearing symmetrical with the right-side elevation is excluded from the drawings.

The connector for electrically connecting a flexible circuit board to wire ends not shown does have a tiltable pressing cover.

Claims

The ornamental design for a connector for flexible circuit boards, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
6015310 January 18, 2000 Tojo
6099346 August 8, 2000 Hashiguchi et al.
6146171 November 14, 2000 Kunishi et al.
6283779 September 4, 2001 Lung
6293818 September 25, 2001 Kim et al.
6338648 January 15, 2002 Miura et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D472219
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 5, 2002
Date of Patent: Mar 25, 2003
Assignee: J.S.T. MFG. Co., Ltd. (Osaka)
Inventor: Kazuto Miura (Kawasaki)
Primary Examiner: Joel Sincavage
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP
Application Number: 29/155,052
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Array Of Identical Repeating Ports Or Contacts (i.e., In-line Array) (D13/147)
International Classification: 1303;