Flexible Panel Patents (Class 439/77)
  • Patent number: 8387242
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a fixing member having a support seat; a plurality of terminals, each having an embed section embedded within the fixing member along an extension direction via an insert-molding process and a contact section exposing from the support seat of the fixing member; and an insulated body for seating on the support seat of the fixing member. The insulated body has an insert face formed with a plurality of terminal holes. The insert face is dented inwardly so as to form a plug reception chamber in spatial communication with the terminal holes. When the insulated body is seated on the support seat of the fixing member, the contact sections of the terminals pass through the terminal holes in the insulated body and are retained within the plug reception chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Concraft Holding Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chi Lee, Chin-Huang Lin
  • Publication number: 20120315776
    Abstract: A connector assembly adapted to be used in a wrist watch which has data transmission and storage functions, includes a connector including an insulating body and a plurality of terminals each having a soldering tail, and a FPC board acted as a watchstrap of the wrist watch or attached on an initial watchstrap of the wrist watch to electrically connect the connector and a circuit of the wrist watch. Wherein the soldering tails of the terminals are embedded in one end of the FPC board at regular intervals by means of solder press welding, then the one end of the FPC board together with the soldering tails of the terminals are molded in the insulating body as an integral, and the other end of the FPC board is electrically connected with the circuit of the wrist watch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Wei-Jia Liang, Yu-Hung Su
  • Publication number: 20120276760
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a two-way plug which can be inserted into a connection port regardless of the orientation of the plug. The two-way plug includes a rectangular frame, a hard substrate and four connection terminals. The rectangular frame is inserted into a connection port such that the rectangular frame is supported by the connection port. The substrate is disposed in a central portion of the rectangular frame. The four connection terminals are formed on each of the two surfaces of the substrate to form a symmetrical structure. Regardless of the orientation of the rectangular frame inserted into the connection port, the four connection terminals formed on one surface of the substrate are each connected to one of four connection pins provided in the connection port, and the four connection terminals formed on the other surface of the substrate are prevented from coming into contact with a tension pin provided in the connection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: CLEAR ELECTRONICS, INC
    Inventor: Seong Bean Cho
  • Publication number: 20120231638
    Abstract: A wiring member is provided that can suppress an influence due to deviation of a position of connection as much as possible so as to maintain a good wiring state. The wiring member 11 is formed of a flexible printed circuit board to be connected to terminals of a plurality of batteries. The wiring member 11 includes a straight section 21 which is disposed along arrangement of aligned terminals, and a plurality of branch sections 22 which extend toward positions of connection to the respective terminals from the straight section 21 so as to be connected thereto. The branch sections 22 have deflection portions 32 which can be deformed in response to displacement of the straight section 21 in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Katsunori Sato, Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 8242374
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible-circuit-board cable having a positioning structure. A connection zone is defined in a free end of the flexible-circuit-board cable and is provided with a plurality of conductive contacts. The connection zone has a first surface on which at least one projection section is formed and a second surface. A shielding layer overlaps the projection section and a portion of the first surface. The second surface of the connection zone is also bonded to a shielding layer. When the connection zone of the flexible-circuit-board cable is inserted into an insertion space defined in a connector, the first and second local zones of the connection zone formed by the shielding layers and the projection section are put into engagement with and thus positioned and retained by walls on opposite sides of the insertion space of the connector to thereby fix within the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Flexible Circuits Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Heng Chuo, Kuo-Fu Su
  • Publication number: 20120200506
    Abstract: Apparatus for providing modular connection means to electrodes in a touch-sensitive device. The modular connections may include electronics allowing controlling electronics to individually address electrodes associated with driving electrodes and sensing signals occurring on electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Gordon F. TAYLOR, Thomas J. Rebeschi
  • Patent number: 8238109
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board including a flexible printed wiring board, a rigid printed wiring board, a first connection terminal formed over the rigid printed wiring board and positioned to be mounted onto a motherboard, and a second connection terminal formed over the rigid printed wiring board and positioned to mount an electronic component. The flexible printed wiring board has a first conductive layer, the rigid printed wiring board has a rigid base material, an insulation layer over the rigid base material and a second conductive layer formed over the insulation layer. The insulation layer covers at least a portion of the flexible printed wiring board and at least a portion of the rigid base material while exposing at least a portion of the flexible printed wiring board, and the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are connected through a plated metallic layer penetrating through the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: IBIDEN Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsumi Sagisaka
  • Patent number: 8231390
    Abstract: A flexible circuit is provided. The flexible circuit includes a circuit board mating end and a flexible body extending from the circuit board mating end. A conductive pathway extends through the flexible body to electrically couple circuit boards. A connector pad is positioned on the circuit board mating end. The conductive pathway electrically engages the connector pad. The connector pad is configured to electrically couple the flexible circuit to one of the circuit boards. A layer of uncured material extends between the connector pad and the conductive pathway. The layer of uncured material increases an impedance of the connector pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Millard, Dustin G. Rowe, Bruce A. Champion, Justin A. Pickel
  • Publication number: 20120156901
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a portable electronic device having a concealed jack socket. In accordance with one example embodiment, the portable electronic device comprises: a housing including a main body and a hatch movable between a fully open position and a fully closed position; a jack socket received within the housing, the jack socket defining a cavity for receiving a jack plug; wherein the hatch is pivotably connected to the main body to move from the fully closed position to the fully open position in response to insertion of the jack plug, wherein the jack socket is hidden in the fully closed position and exposed in the fully open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Norman Miner Ladouceur, Jason Tyler Griffin
  • Patent number: 8174839
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a semiconductor package includes a semiconductor package, a chassis having a coupling boss protruding at a position corresponding to the coupling hole, a coupling member penetrating the coupling hole and coupled to the coupling boss, and an insulation member covering around the coupling hole of the reinforcing plate and making insulation contact with the coupling member and the coupling boss. The semiconductor package includes a film substrate for interfacing transmission of signals between a circuit board and a display panel, a semiconductor chip forming an electrical contact point with the film substrate, and a reinforcing plate to which the film substrate and the semiconductor chip are directly attached. The reinforcing plate has a coupling hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Young Kim, Jang-Ho Moon
  • Patent number: 8167628
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polymer substrate for a flexible display, comprising a reticular superelastic alloy structure and/or an annular superelastic alloy structure therein. The polymer substrate has an improved flexibility because the superelastic alloy structure is embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Choon Sup Yoon, Young Chul Sung, Dong Ho Cho, Duk Young Jeon
  • Patent number: 8100701
    Abstract: A device which on the one side (socket side) includes a plug portion which may be inserted into the standardized plug socket. A plurality of chambers (15) is present on the other side (plug side), into which in each case a plug may be inserted. Moreover, the device has a plurality of adapter contacts which by way of introducing the plug portion into the socket, may be brought into electrical contact with the socket contacts. In each of the chambers, at least two of the adapter contacts are electrically conductively contactable by way of plug contacts of the introduced plugs. The chambers are at least partly present within the socket opening, i.e. the inserted plugs project into the socket opening, so that at least one piece of the plug lies within the socket opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Reichle & De-Massari AG
    Inventors: Matthias Gerber, Michael Keiser
  • Patent number: 8083551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-in connector (1), comprising a housing, a printed circuit board (2) and RF contacts (K1-K8), the RF contacts (K1-K8) being electrically connected to the printed circuit board (2), the RF contacts (K1-K8) being formed by an integral, flexible printed circuit board (4), from which the individual contacts (K1-K8) are cut free, the flexible printed circuit board (4) being prestressed by a spring-elastic element (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Hetzer, Ferenc Nad
  • Patent number: 8075321
    Abstract: A connector and cable assembly is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The assembly includes a ribbon cable having an end that includes an electrical conductor. The assembly also includes an electrical connector that includes a dielectric body comprising a circuit side, a cable side that is opposite the circuit side, and a contact opening that extends through the body. The electrical connector also includes an electrical contact having a cable segment and a tail extending from the cable segment. The electrical contact is held within the contact opening such that at least a portion of the cable segment extends along the cable side of the body and at least a portion of the tail projects from the circuit side of the body. The cable segment is electrically connected to the electrical conductor of the ribbon cable. The tail is configured to be separably mated with the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Costello, James Lee Fedder, Matthew Sypolt
  • Patent number: 8072709
    Abstract: A flex cable for a head stack assembly of a hard disk drive comprises a base film, a first adhesive layer coupled with the base film, and at least one interrogation trace and at least one signal trace coupled with the first adhesive layer. The interrogation trace is configured to be probed to measure a deterioration of electrical conductivity. The flex cable has a second adhesive layer that is coupled with the interrogation trace, the signal trace, and the first adhesive layer. The flex cable comprises a cover film coupled with the second adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Edgar D. Rothenberg, Jr-Yi Shen
  • Publication number: 20110294312
    Abstract: A connector and cable assembly is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The assembly includes a ribbon cable having an end that includes an electrical conductor. The assembly also includes an electrical connector that includes a dielectric body comprising a circuit side, a cable side that is opposite the circuit side, and a contact opening that extends through the body. The electrical connector also includes an electrical contact having a cable segment and a tail extending from the cable segment. The electrical contact is held within the contact opening such that at least a portion of the cable segment extends along the cable side of the body and at least a portion of the tail projects from the circuit side of the body. The cable segment is electrically connected to the electrical conductor of the ribbon cable. The tail is configured to be separably mated with the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Costello, James Lee Fedder, Matthew Sypolt
  • Patent number: 8058560
    Abstract: A bendable area design for flexible printed circuitboard is disclosed. The flexible printed circuitboard (FPC) is comprised of: a flexible substrate; at least a circuit pattern; and a bendable area, being formed intersecting with the at least one circuit pattern and having at least a groove formed therein at a position corresponding to the intersection with the at least one circuit pattern; wherein the depth of the at least one groove is no larger than the thickness of the corresponding circuit pattern for preventing the circuit pattern from being cut off by the groove. By configuring the aforesaid bendable area in the FPC, stress generated by the bending of the FPC is restricted inside the bendable area effectively so that accurate control of the bending angle for bending FPC can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Wen Lo, Chia-Ning Kao
  • Patent number: 8052464
    Abstract: A connector is provided which includes a plug having a plurality of cables disposed on one side of the plug, and a socket mounted on a base substrate that is used to connect the plug. The plug includes a plate-like member and a flexible substrate fixed to the surroundings of the plate-like member. The plate-like member includes a planar portion approximately parallel to a substrate face of the base substrate, and a bent portion provided on the other side of the plug and extending in a direction approximately perpendicular to the base substrate. The socket includes a mating space which receives the bent portion from a direction approximately perpendicular to the base substrate when the plug and socket are connector-connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Maruishi, Takashi Matsukawa
  • Publication number: 20110269321
    Abstract: A connector structure which can realize height reduction of connecting portions and space saving and which prevents separation of a female connector and a male connector from each other due to an impact or vibrations, wherein a conduction structure is formed by bringing connecting pins (9) of a male connector (B2), which are inserted in female terminal portions installed in a flexible circuit board (B3) of a female connector (B1), into pressure contact with pad portions of the female terminal portions (3), and the female connector (B1) and the male connector (B2) are coupled with each other by inserting column-shaped projections (15) of the male connector (B2) into notch ring bodies (14) fixed on the flexible circuit board (B3) of the female connector (B1) and holding the column-shaped projections (15) by restoring force based on elastic deformation of the notch ring bodies (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Asahi Denka Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20110250768
    Abstract: Structures, methods, and apparatus that provide sockets or connectors that are capable of operating at high data rates. One example provides a connector that uses a flex board to form a connection between pins of a socket or connector and a printed circuit board. In another example, one or more flex boards are used to provide a signal path between a memory device, such as an SODIMM, and a printed circuit board. Another example provides a stack of wafers, each formed of an insulated material and supporting one or more conductive pins for making an electrical connection between a memory device and a flex board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Springer, Vince Duperron, Marc Simmel, Peter Mitchell, Joshua Funamura
  • Publication number: 20110235263
    Abstract: A hard disk backplane structure includes a main body and an additional board. The hard disk backplane structure includes a first side surface and second side surface adjacent to the first side surface and a backplane connector. The additional board includes a receptacle for connection with an additional electrical component. A hard disk cooling assembly using the hard disk backplane structure is also provided in the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZEU-CHIA TAN
  • Publication number: 20110223776
    Abstract: A modular interconnection system in the form of a releasable modular interconnect is provided. The releasable modular interconnect may include a substrate with a plurality of releasable contact regions, where each releasable contact region may be positioned to overlay a respective terminal of a power cell. The releasable modular interconnect may also include at least one conductive interconnect member affixed to the substrate, where the conductive interconnect member includes at least a one conductive releasable contact disposed within a releasable contact region of the substrate. The conductive releasable contact may be positioned to form a releasable electrical connection with a terminal of a power cell when a force is applied to the first releasable contact region in a direction toward the terminal of the power cell. Additional and related methods and apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Robert R. Ferber, JR.
  • Patent number: 7994425
    Abstract: A flexible wiring cable includes a first wiring assembly connected to a load, a second wiring assembly connected to the first wiring assembly and extending toward an external signal source, and a circuit element mounted on the first wiring assembly to drive the load. The second wiring assembly is connected to the first wiring assembly at a position between the mounted circuit element and a connection point with the load. Thus, the heat of the circuit element is also transferred to the second wiring assembly, so that the effect of the heat on the load is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Kubo
  • Publication number: 20110117756
    Abstract: A socket connector for a digital camera module includes a base, a plurality of contact terminals, and a flex printed circuit board. The base includes a base body and a plurality of arms extending from the base. The contact terminals are mounted in the base, each contact terminal including an angled portion and a bent portion, the angled portion electronically connected to the digital cameral module. The flex printed circuit board is electronically connected to the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: PAO-CHUN LIN
  • Patent number: 7936565
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board accommodated in the hosing and including a first surface and a second surface located on an opposite side to the first surface, a flexible printed wiring board having an elasticity, electrically connected to the circuit board and provided from the first surface of the circuit board over to the second surface, and a pressing portion formed from a part of the flexible printed wiring board as it is bent, and pressing the flexible printed wiring board towards the first surface as it is brought into contact with the inner surface of the housing, which opposes the first surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kiyomi Muro, Sadahiro Tamai
  • Publication number: 20110076864
    Abstract: A connector and a display apparatus having the same. The connector receives a flexible substrate to transfer signals from the flexible substrate to an external device. The connector includes a housing, a first support part, and a second support part. The housing has a receiving space to receive the flexible substrate. The first support part has a first concave-convex part protruding toward the receiving space. The second support part has a second concave-convex part protruding toward the first concave-convex part. Concave and convex parts of the first concave-convex part convex and concave parts of the second concave-convex part engage the flexible substrate to fix the flexible substrate, and at least one of the first and second support parts electrically contacts the flexible substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Joo-Yeon WON, YongSoon LEE, OckJin KIM, Sang-Gon LEE, Seunghwan MOON
  • Patent number: 7914301
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a fixing member having a support seat; a plurality of terminals, each having an embed section embedded within the fixing member along an extension direction via an insert-molding process and a contact section exposing from the support seat of the fixing member; and an insulated body for seating on the support seat of the fixing member. The insulated body has an insert face formed with a plurality of terminal holes. The insert face is dented inwardly so as to form a plug reception chamber in spatial communication with the terminal holes. When the insulated body is seated on the support seat of the fixing member, the contact sections of the terminals pass through the terminal holes in the insulated body and are retained within the plug reception chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Concraft Holding Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chi Lee, Chin-Huang Lin
  • Publication number: 20110069430
    Abstract: A connector is adapted to mount a FPC board. The connector includes a base and a cover. The base includes an opening and a first connecting portion located at two sides of the opening. The cover is pivotally connected to the base, and includes a second connecting portion, wherein when the cover is turned and then the second connecting portion is engaged with the first connecting portion, there is an accommodating space formed between the cover and the opening of the base for accommodating the FPC board, and the first and second connecting portions are adjacent to the position portion, whereby the position portion cannot escape from the accommodating space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP.
    Inventor: Ying Che HUANG
  • Patent number: 7891988
    Abstract: A Flat Flex Connector (FFC) has connector flanges embedded in its insulated electrical traces. The flanges engage electrical circuits in a camera module such as a CMOS or CCD and are clamped into electrical engagement. The opposite end of the FFC makes electrical contact with another electrical device such as a semiconductor circuit. The assembly allows electrical connection of two or more devices in a confined space in which the electrical device are not easily aligned for electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Neoconix, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry E. Dittmann, John David Williams, William B. Long
  • Publication number: 20110039427
    Abstract: A female connector which is useful for space saving and height reduction of a connector connection portion is a female connector including: an insulating film having flexibility; a plurality of pad portions formed at predetermined positions on one face of the insulating film in an arranged manner; female terminal portions composed of openings formed at one lateral portions within faces of the pad portions so as to extend up to the other face of the insulating film; and spacer bumps formed at positions corresponding to the other lateral positions within the faces of the pad portions in a standing manner within the other face of the insulating film, proximal portions of the spacer bumps being electrically connected to the pad portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Asahi Denka Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 7874867
    Abstract: In an electrical connection member having elasticity and adapted to be interposed between connection objects for electrically connecting them together, an inner member has a plurality of spring pieces each extending from a base plate portion, an outer member including a flexible insulating film and a plurality of conductive paths formed at the flexible insulating film. Each conductive path has a first and a second contact portion for connection to the connection objects. Each spring piece includes a root portion formed adjacent to the base plate portion and faced to a portion, corresponding to the second contact portion, of an inner surface of an intermediate portion of the insulating film. Each spring piece further includes an inclined spring portion extending obliquely from the root portion and faced to a portion, corresponding to the first contact portion, of the inner surface of the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takuya Takahashi, Ryuzo Shimeno
  • Patent number: 7874848
    Abstract: A wiring board insertion connector having only a small restriction on the structure of a wiring board to be inserted to the connector and high connection reliability includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a spacer layer that is located between the first substrate and the second substrate; and openings for accommodating a wiring board at predetermined positions in the spacer layer. The first substrate has a wiring layer, a deformable layer, a rigid layer, and a resin layer formed in this order from the side of the spacer layer. The rigid layer has window portions formed at the regions corresponding to the openings, when seen from a thickness direction of the connector. The wiring layer extends at least to the regions corresponding to the window portions when seen from the thickness direction of the connector, the wiring layer protruding toward opening regions at the window portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidehiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110014803
    Abstract: A connector and electrical tracks assembly comprises a connector with a plurality of electrical contacts; said connector being connectable to a further connector at a first extremity; said connector being connectable at a second extremity to a circuit board portion with a plurality of electrical tracks; wherein a circuit board portion is located between a first layer of plastic thermosetting composite material of fibre and filler and a second layer of plastic thermosetting composite material of fibre and filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: BERU F1 SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventor: John Michael Bailey
  • Publication number: 20100331060
    Abstract: A connector unit includes a flexible substrate 120 having a main connector 110, a first sub-connector 111 and a second sub-connector 112, which are installed in a surface thereof, having an elongated shape to provide an configuration that the main connector 110 is located in an end of one surface of the connector unit and the first sub-connector 111 and the second sub-connector 112 are located in the other end when the flexible substrate 120 is folded at multiple locations. Thus, a connector unit capable of easily providing a special structure, in which one end of each of two flexible substrates is connected to a single main connector, and the other ends thereof are connected to the first sub-connector and the second sub-connector, respectively, can be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7850464
    Abstract: A keyboard connecting mechanism includes a frame, a cable, and a socket. The frame is connected to a keyboard. At least one first positioning structure is disposed on the frame. The cable is disposed on a side of the frame. The cable includes a plurality of pins, and at least one hole is formed on the cable. The socket includes a base. At least one second positioning structure is formed on a first side of the base for connecting with the first positioning structure so as to fix the frame and the cable. The socket further includes a plurality of fragments disposed on the first side of the base for applying elastic force to the plurality of pins of the cable. The socket further includes at least one elastic structure disposed on a lateral side of the base for fixing the frame elastically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Ching Lee, Liang Yu, Cheng-Hsiang Chuang
  • Patent number: 7835160
    Abstract: First sheet-like substrate is arranged at a region surrounded by first terminals of male connector and first circuit substrate, and second sheet-like substrate is arranged at a region surrounded by second terminals of female connector and second circuit substrate, and male connector and female connector are fitted together so that a first passive element of first sheet-like substrate and a second passive element of second sheet-like substrate configure a filter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamamoto, Daisuke Suetsugu, Daido Komyoji, Takashi Imanaka, Hirotaka Hisamura
  • Patent number: 7818879
    Abstract: A system for connecting circuit boards is provided. A plurality of overlapping spaced apart circuit boards have a plurality of conductive pins passing through holes in the circuit boards. A connector includes a flexible sheet insulator and a plurality of conductive surfaces separated and supported by the flexible insulator. At least one of the conductive surfaces has a hole there through and a bent compliant lead extending there from. The hole engages one of the pins, and the complaint lead connects to one of the circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Deepak K. Pai
  • Publication number: 20100221930
    Abstract: A plug device may include a printed circuit board; and a plug connector, which is soldered flat onto the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Ralf Hying, Peter Niedermeier
  • Publication number: 20100210120
    Abstract: A connector is provided which includes a plug having a plurality of cables disposed on one side of the plug, and a socket mounted on a base substrate that is used to connect the plug. The plug includes a plate-like member and a flexible substrate fixed to the surroundings of the plate-like member. The plate-like member includes a planar portion approximately parallel to a substrate face of the base substrate, and a bent portion provided on the other side of the plug and extending in a direction approximately perpendicular to the base substrate. The socket includes a mating space which receives the bent portion from a direction approximately perpendicular to the base substrate when the plug and socket are connector-connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Maruishi, Takashi Matsukawa
  • Publication number: 20100203747
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board (20) for electrically connecting an insulator substrate (21) and a plurality of elongate conductors (21a) laminated over the insulator substrate by an upper layer. The conductor has a contact engaging portion (211a) exposed over the insulator substrate at end thereof. The contact engaging portion (211a) defines an embossed portion (212) for engaging against the mating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: NAN HU, HAN-MING ZHANG
  • Patent number: 7766669
    Abstract: Compression connectors and methods are provided that are suitable for mating a flat flexible circuit and a printed circuit board. A mounting assembly secures a locking compression assembly to the printed circuit board. Pliable compression springs mounted on rotatable levers engage the top surface of the flexible circuit and force the flexible circuit down onto an interposer, which in turn forces the interposer down onto the printed circuit board. Stop plates are biased towards the rotatable levers to hold the levers in the closed position. Latch members engage the stop plates to keep the connector closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: David Schmidgall, Javier Resendez
  • Publication number: 20100167563
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a fixing member having a support seat; a plurality of terminals, each having an embed section embedded within the fixing member along an extension direction via an insert-molding process and a contact section exposing from the support seat of the fixing member; and an insulated body for seating on the support seat of the fixing member. The insulated body has an insert face formed with a plurality of terminal holes. The insert face is dented inwardly so as to form a plug reception chamber in spatial communication with the terminal holes. When the insulated body is seated on the support seat of the fixing member, the contact sections of the terminals pass through the terminal holes in the insulated body and are retained within the plug reception chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: DRAGONSTATE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-CHI LEE, CHIN-HUANG LIN
  • Patent number: 7736172
    Abstract: A cable assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises an insulative housing defining a supporting portion with an upper surface and a pair of fixing portions disposed at two sides of the supporting portion with a top surface higher than the upper surface, and a receiving space defined by the supporting portion and the pair of fixing portions; a flexible flat cable supported by the supporting portion of the insulative housing and received into the receiving space; an upper shell assembled to the insualtive housing and defining a main body portion covering to the flexible flat cable and a pair of positioning portions respectively attached to the pair fixing portions thereof, the upper shell having a recessed main body portion relative to the pair of fixing portions and received into the receiving space; and a pair of latch members respectively mounted on the pair of fixing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Inc. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Guo-Hua Yang, David Ko, Su-Feng Liu
  • Publication number: 20100130034
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board connector adapted for receiving a flexible printed circuit board has an insulating housing including two blocking walls, each defines a lateral side having a buckling cavity at a front thereof and a first and second locating cavities at a rear thereof. The buckling cavity includes a first buckling cavity and a second buckling cavity extending frontward from the first buckling cavity. The second locating cavity is located in front of and spaced from the first locating cavity. A cover defines two lateral plates respectively secured to the lateral sides, each has a locating portion and a buckling portion respectively protruded inwards from an inner side thereof. The locating portion is capable of being pivotally mounted in the first locating cavity, and then the locating portion and the buckling portion can be moved frontward to the second locating cavity and the second buckling cavity, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Sheng-Yuan Huang, Yung-Chi Peng, Sheng-Nan Yu
  • Patent number: 7722364
    Abstract: A holder with a device for holding a flexible circuit board is provided. The holder comprises at least one further device for holding at least one component such that the component may be electrically connected to or disconnected from the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Klinger, Gerhard Thomas, Norbert Hofmann, Martin Petrzik, Joachim Delfs
  • Patent number: 7714235
    Abstract: Microelectronic contact structures (260, 360, 460) are lithographically defined and fabricated by applying a masking layer (220, 320, 420) on a surface of a substrate (202, 302, 402) such as an electronic component, creating an opening (222, 322, 422) in the masking layer, depositing a conductive trace of a seed layer (250, 350, 450) onto the masking layer and into the openings, and building up a mass of conductive material on the conductive trace. The sidewalls of the opening can be sloped (tapered). The conductive trace can be patterned by depositing material through a stencil or shadow mask (240, 340, 440). A protruding feature (230, 430) may be disposed on the masking layer so that a tip end (264, 364, 464) of the contact structure acquires a topography. All of these elements can be constructed as a group to form a plurality of precisely positioned resilient contact structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: FormFactor, Inc.
    Inventors: David V. Pedersen, Igor Y. Khandros
  • Patent number: 7710740
    Abstract: An assembly structure of flexible board and rigid board includes a rigid board, a sub-board and a flexible board. The rigid board defines a locking gap having two side surfaces projecting toward each other to form two resisting portions. The sub-board has a standing portion inserted in the locking gap. Bilateral sides of the standing portion extend outward to form two preventing arms against a bottom surface of the rigid board. The flexible board has a base portion inserted in the locking gap of the rigid board. The base portion has a front surface and a back surface located to a front surface of the sub-board. The front surface of the base portion is against the resisting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 7710406
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a wiring substrate provided with a plurality of wiring patterns formed thereon, and an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer. The first substrate has a first conductive layer and first electrodes extending from two opposite sides of the first conductive layer. The second substrate has a second conductive layer confronting the first surface with a space, and second electrodes extending from two opposite sides of the second conductive layer. The anisotropic conductive adhesive layer connects a terminal portion of the wiring patterns to at least one of the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The wiring substrate has a slit or an aperture between the wiring patterns at one end thereof. The touch panel of this structure is easy to produce, and provides reliable operation and electrical connection and separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Fujii, Koji Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20100105224
    Abstract: An electrical connecting device includes a supporting substrate, a plate spring arranged on the supporting substrate, an assembling device for assembling the plate spring to the supporting substrate, a block having a mounting surface facing down, and a flexible circuit board whereupon a plurality of contacts are formed. The block has the mounting surface which protrudes downward from the supporting substrate, for mounting the circuit board. The plate spring is applied with an initial load to be in a status where at least a center region whereupon the block is mounted is urged upward. Thus, excellent electric contact status can be obtained without increasing an over drive quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS
    Inventors: Hisao Narita, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7677918
    Abstract: A connector adapted for receiving an FPC board therein includes an insulating housing having a base board, a shell pivoted onto the insulating housing and having a top board, a plurality of electric terminals disposed in the base board of the insulating housing for electrically contacting the FPC board, and at least one ground terminal. The top board protrudes downward to form at least one connecting rib capable of electrically abutting against the FPC board. The ground terminal has a base portion fastened in the base board. A contacting portion and a soldering portion extend from two opposite ends of the base portion, respectively. The contacting portion stretches out of a top surface of the base board for being against the top board of the shell and the soldering portion stretches out of the base board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Yuan Huang, Yung-Chi Peng