Cable assembly for in-molded electronics assembly
AssigneeDus Operating Inc.
InventorsRon G. Gipson, Bhanumurthy Veeragandham, Indraneel Page
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Abstract
An electronic assembly and a method of forming an electronic assembly. The electronic assembly including a printed circuit board including a first face, a flexible printed circuit connected to the first face of the printed circuit board, a filler component arranged over a first portion of the first face of the printed circuit board, a housing defining a cavity, wherein the filler component is arranged in the cavity, a channel guide extending from the housing, wherein the flexible printed circuit sits in the channel guide, and a substrate positioned adjacent to a second face of the printed circuit board, wherein the second face opposes the first face.
Claims17
An electronic assembly, comprising:
- a printed circuit board including a first face;
- a flexible printed circuit connected to the first face of the printed circuit board;
- a filler component arranged over a first portion of the first face of the printed circuit board;
- a housing defining a cavity, wherein the filler component is arranged in the cavity;
- a channel guide extending from the housing, wherein the flexible printed circuit sits in the channel guide;
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- a substrate positioned adjacent to a second face of the printed circuit board, wherein the second face opposes the first face.
A trim panel assembly, comprising:
- a support panel, the support panel including an exterior surface and a cavity defined in the exterior surface;
- an electronic assembly located in the cavity, the electronic assembly including
- a printed circuit board including a first face and a second face,
- a flexible printed circuit coupled to the first face of the printed circuit board,
- a filler component arranged over a first portion of the first face of the printed circuit board,
- a housing including a cavity, wherein the filler component is arranged in the cavity,
- a channel guide extending from the housing, wherein the flexible printed circuit sits in the channel guide, and
- a substrate positioned adjacent to the second face of the printed circuit board;
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- a skin layer connected to the support panel, wherein the electronic assembly is positioned between the support panel and the skin layer and the substrate is adjacent to the skin layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.