Connector-equipped flexible printed circuit board
AssigneeMektec Corporation
InventorsShuzo Yamada, Tomoki Kanayama, Tasuku Ono
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Abstract
A connector-equipped flexible printed circuit board includes: a flexible printed circuit board; a connector having a terminal to be connected to a line provided for the flexible printed circuit board and joined to the flexible printed circuit board; and a reinforcing plate fixed to a surface of the flexible printed circuit board opposite to a portion joined to the connector, in which the connector has a joint protrusion configured to penetrate the flexible printed circuit board, and a stopper structure that restricts movement of the connector in a direction apart from the flexible printed circuit board is provided in addition to joint between the line and the terminal and the joint protrusion.
Claims5
A connector-equipped flexible printed circuit board comprising:
- a flexible printed circuit board;
- a connector having a terminal to be connected to a line provided for the flexible printed circuit board and joined to the flexible printed circuit board;
- and
- a reinforcing plate fixed to a surface of the flexible printed circuit board opposite to a portion joined to the connector,
- wherein the connector has a joint protrusion configured to penetrate the flexible printed circuit board,
- a stopper structure that restricts movement of the connector in a direction apart from the flexible printed circuit board is provided in addition to joint between the line and the terminal and the joint protrusion,
- the stopper structure includes a support member, and
- the support member has
- a support plate portion contacting a surface of the connector opposite to a surface joined to the flexible printed circuit board,
- a pair of side plate portions extending from both sides of the support plate portion toward the reinforcing plate, and
- engagement portions each provided at tip ends of the pair of side plate portions to engage with the reinforcing plate.
A connector-equipped flexible printed circuit board comprising:
- a flexible printed circuit board;
- a connector having a terminal to be connected to a line provided for the flexible printed circuit board and joined to the flexible printed circuit board;
- and
- a reinforcing plate fixed to a surface of the flexible printed circuit board opposite to a portion joined to the connector,
- wherein the connector has a joint protrusion configured to penetrate the flexible printed circuit board,
- a stopper structure that restricts movement of the connector in a direction apart from the flexible printed circuit board is provided in addition to joint between the line and the terminal and the joint protrusion,
- the stopper structure includes
- a pair of side plate portions extending along side wall surfaces of the connector, and
- engagement portions each provided at tip ends of the pair of side plate portions to engage with the side wall surfaces of the connector, and
- the pair of side plate portions and the engagement portions are included in the reinforcing plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.