Flexible circuit board, electric motor, and method of manufacturing flexible circuit board

An electric motor having a plurality of phases, the electric motor comprising:

• a stator configured by bending a flexible circuit board into a cylindrical shape, the flexible circuit board having electromagnetic coil wirings;
• and
• a rotor arranged outside an outer circumference of the stator or inside an inner circumference of the stator,
• wherein, for each of a plurality of the phases, the flexible circuit board includes:
• a plurality of first wirings and third wirings alternately formed, on a first surface of a strip-shaped insulating sheet having flexibility, in parallel in a longitudinal direction of the insulating sheet;
• a plurality of second wirings and fourth wirings alternately formed, on a second surface of the insulating sheet, in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the insulating sheet, the second wirings and fourth wirings being spaced apart from the first wirings and the third wirings;
• and
• wiring connecting portions:
• connecting ends of the adjacent first wirings and second wirings through the insulating sheet and thereby forming a first continuous wiring in which a plurality of the first wirings and the second wirings are alternately connected through the insulating sheet;
• and connecting ends of the adjacent third wirings and fourth wirings through the insulating sheet and thereby forming a second continuous wiring in which a plurality of the third wirings and the fourth wirings are alternately connected through the insulating sheet;
• and
• the first continuous wiring and the second continuous wiring have intersections each forming a coil, the intersections being where the first continuous wiring and the second continuous wiring intersect with the insulating sheet interposed therebetween.

A method of manufacturing a flexible circuit board comprising:

• a step of forming a plurality of first wirings and third wirings alternately formed, on a first surface of an insulating sheet having flexibility, in parallel in a predetermined direction;
• a step of forming a plurality of second wirings and fourth wirings alternately formed, on a second surface of the insulating sheet, in parallel in the predetermined direction of the insulating sheet, the second wirings and fourth wirings being spaced apart from the first wirings and the third wirings;
• and
• a step of:
• connecting ends of the adjacent first wirings and second wirings through the insulating sheet and thereby forming a first continuous wiring in which a plurality of the first wirings and the second wirings are alternately connected through the insulating sheet;
• connecting ends of the adjacent third wirings and fourth wirings through the insulating sheet and thereby forming a second continuous wiring in which a plurality of the third wirings and the fourth wirings are alternately connected through the insulating sheet;
• and forming intersections as electromagnetic coils, the intersections being where the first continuous wiring and the second continuous wiring intersect with the insulating sheet interposed therebetween.