Connector
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorHiroyuki Matsuoka
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Abstract
Connector is provided that includes a plurality of first and second terminals that are arranged in parallel and include contact portions, mounting portions, and intermediate portions that connect the contact portions and the mounting portions. The contact portions are disposed along first and second columns that are mutually offset. The intermediate portion of the first terminal has an overlapping region formed along the first column so as to overlap with at least a portion of an adjacent second terminal.
Claims11
A connector mounted on a circuit board with a flexible printed circuit board inserted that receives the flexible printed circuit board, comprising
- a plurality of first and second terminals arranged in parallel alternately;
- wherein
- the plurality of first and second terminals, respectively, comprise
- a contact portion that electrically contacts a pad portion of the flexible printed circuit board,
- a mounting portion that electrically contacts a terminal portion of the circuit board, and
- an intermediate portion that connects the contact portion and the mounting portion;
- and wherein
- the contact portions of the plurality of first and second terminals are respectively disposed along a first column and a second column alternately offset in an insertion direction of the flexible printed circuit board, and
- the intermediate portion of each first terminal has an overlapping region formed along the first column so as to at least partially overlap with an adjacent second terminal.
A connector comprising a plurality of terminals arranged in parallel, wherein a portion of each terminal overlaps a portion of an adjacent terminal in a planar view of the connector.
A connector that receives a flexible printed circuit board, comprising a plurality of first and second terminals;
- configured wherein,
- when the flexible printed circuit board is received into the connector, a first pad portion on a first surface side of the flexible printed circuit board contacts the first terminal, a second pad portion different from the first pad portion on the first surface side of the flexible printed circuit board contacts the second terminal, the first pad portion is interposed between a first portion of the first terminal and a second portion of the first terminal, and the second pad portion is interposed between a first portion of the second terminal and a third portion different from the first portion and the second portion of the first terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.