Method of manufacturing sheet type conductive member, sheet type conductive member, connector, garment, and connector mounting method
AssigneesJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tism Co., Ltd.
InventorsTetsuya Komoto, Akihiko Fushimi
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a sheet type conductive member is a method in which, by continuously embroidering or weaving a conductive thread on or into an insulating sheet member including a sheet body region and a peripheral region, a plurality of flexible conductors situated inside the sheet body region and at least one connection conductor situated in the peripheral region and interconnecting corresponding two flexible conductors are formed, and thereafter, the peripheral region of the sheet member is separated from the sheet body region, and the at least one connection conductor is separated from the plurality of flexible conductors.
Claims17
A method of manufacturing a sheet type conductive member that is attached to a connector mounted on a mounting object and that electrically connects a plurality of wiring portions of the mounting object to a plurality of contacts of the connector, the method comprising:
- forming a plurality of flexible conductors and at least one connection conductor by continuously embroidering or weaving a conductive thread on or into a sheet member such that the conductive thread is exposed on a surface of the sheet member, the sheet member having an insulating property and including a sheet body region and a peripheral region situated on a periphery of the sheet body region, the plurality of flexible conductors being situated inside the sheet body region and each including a first end portion electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of wiring portions, a second end portion electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of contacts, and a joint portion joining the first end portion and the second end portion together, and the at least one connection conductor being situated in the peripheral region and interconnecting corresponding two of the plurality of flexible conductors;
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- separating the peripheral region of the sheet member from the sheet body region and separating the at least one connection conductor from the plurality of flexible conductors.
A sheet type conductive member that is attached to a connector mounted on a mounting object and that electrically connects a plurality of wiring portions of the mounting object to a plurality of contacts of the connector, the sheet type conductive member comprising:
- a sheet body having an insulating property;
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- a plurality of flexible conductors formed of a conductive thread embroidered on or woven into the sheet body so as to be exposed on a surface of the sheet body, each flexible conductor extending along the surface of the sheet body,
- wherein the plurality of flexible conductors each include a first end portion electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of wiring portions, a second end portion electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of contacts, and a joint portion joining the first end portion and the second end portion together, and
- a portion of the conductive thread continuing to another portion of the conductive thread which forms the first end portion extends from the first end portion to an edge portion of the sheet body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.