# US 10,374,345 B2 · Electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,374,345 B2 - Document ID: US10374345B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/915,707 - Filed: 2018-03-08 - Published: 2018-11-22 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-19 - Assignees: Toshiba Memory Corporation - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation - Inventors: Nobuhiro Yamamoto; Kota Tokuda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10374345B2 ## CPC - H01R 12/79: connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures - G11B 25/043: {using rotating discs} - G11B 33/022: {Cases} - G11B 33/122: {Arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches} - H01R 12/78: connecting to other flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures - H01R 13/2407: {characterized by the resilient means} - H05K 1/028: {Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence)} - H05K 1/147: {at least one of the printed circuits being bent or folded, e.g. by using a flexible printed circuit (H05K1/148 takes precedence)} - H05K 1/189: characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits - H05K 3/365: {by abutting, i.e. without alloying process} - H05K 5/0247: {Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring} - H05K 5/065: {sealed by encapsulation, e.g. waterproof resin forming an integral casing, injection moulding} - H05K 5/069: {Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft} - H05K 1/118: {specially for flexible printed circuits, e.g. using folded portions} - H05K 2201/042: Stacked spaced PCBs; Planar parts of folded flexible circuits having mounted components in between or spaced from each other - H05K 2201/056: Folded around rigid support or component - H05K 2201/09409: Multiple rows of pads, lands, terminals or dummy patterns; Multiple rows of mounted components - H05K 2201/10189: Non-printed connector - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a casing, a flexible wiring member, and a first electrical component, for example. The casing is provided with an opening. The flexible wiring member includes an insulating film, a lead mounted on the insulating film, and a connection terminal, and extends through the opening. The sealant is filled in the opening. The first electrical component is encapsulated by the casing and electrically connected to a second electrical component outside the casing through the flexible wiring member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a casing provided with an opening; a first flexible wiring member comprising an insulating film, a lead mounted on the insulating film, and a connection terminal, wherein the first flexible wiring member extends through the opening; a sealant filling the opening; a second flexible wiring member encapsulated by the casing and electrically connected to the first flexible wiring member, the second flexible wiring member comprising a connector to the connection terminal of the first flexible wiring member; and a first electrical component encapsulated by the casing and electrically connected to a second electrical component outside the casing through the first flexible wiring member and the second flexible wiring member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrical component is hermetically sealed with the casing, the first flexible wiring member, and the sealant. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first flexible wiring member comprises a third flexible wiring member and a fourth flexible wiring member which extend in a direction away from each other in at least inside or outside of the casing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the third flexible wiring member and the fourth flexible wiring member are coupled in the opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device according to claim 4, further comprising: a connection interposed between and coupling the third flexible wiring member and the fourth flexible wiring member in the opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the third flexible wiring member and the fourth flexible wiring member are electrically connected through a conductive portion which extends through a via in the connection. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first flexible wiring member and the second flexible wiring member are flexible printed circuit boards. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the connection terminal of the first flexible wiring member comprises a first connection terminal inside of the casing and a second connection terminal outside of the casing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the first connection terminal is electrically connected to a connection terminal of the second flexible wiring member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the first flexible wiring member is provided on an inside surface and an outside surface of the casing. ### Claim 11 An electronic device comprising: a casing provided with an opening; a partition wall provided above the opening and positioned inside or outside an outer face of the casing; a flexible wiring member fixed at least partially to the partition wall, comprising a first part exposed to outside the casing and a second part exposed to inside the casing, the flexible wiring member extending through a gap between the partition wall and the casing; a first electrical component accommodated in the casing and electrically connected to a second electrical component outside the casing through the flexible wiring member; and a sealant filling the gap. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the flexible wiring member comprises a first fixed part fixed to an outer face of the partition wall, and a second fixed part fixed to an inner face of the partition wall. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the flexible wiring member is connected to the second electrical component with a spacing from the first fixed part, or is connected to the first electrical component with a spacing from the second fixed part. ### Claim 14 An electronic device comprising: a casing provided with an opening; a partition wall provided above the opening; a flexible wiring member fixed at least partially to the partition wall, comprising a first part exposed to outside the casing and a second part exposed to inside the casing; and a first electrical component accommodated in the casing and electrically connected to a second electrical component outside the casing through the flexible wiring member, wherein the flexible wiring member comprises a first fixed part fixed to an outer face of the partition wall, and a second fixed part fixed to an inner face of the partition wall, the flexible wiring member comprises a first flexible wiring member and a second flexible wiring member that are coupled to each other, the first fixed part of the first flexible wiring member and the first fixed part of the second flexible wiring member extend from a joint between the first flexible wiring member and the second flexible wiring member in a direction away from each other, and the second fixed part of the first flexible wiring member and the second fixed part of the second flexible wiring member extend from the joint in a direction away from each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the partition wall is bonded to the flexible wiring member, and the flexible wiring member comprises a conductor layer positioned so as to overlap with an end of a bonded region between the flexible wiring member and the partition wall. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the flexible wiring member comprises the conductor layer at a peripheral edge or at an overlapping position with a peripheral edge of the partition wall in a thickness direction of the flexible wiring member. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the conductor layer is spaced away from a bent part of the flexible wiring member.