# US 2025/0147555 A1 · Electronic device and production method for electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0147555 A1 - Document ID: US20250147555A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/004,352 - Filed: 2024-12-29 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-07-14 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroki KAMEZAKI; Keita ENDO; Junichi HASEGAWA; Koki YAMAMOTO; Jun TAKAHASHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250147555A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1675: {Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts} - G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)} - H05K 1/02: Details - H05K 1/14: Structural association of two or more printed circuits (providing electric connection to or between printed circuits H05K1/11, H01R12/00) - H05K 7/14: Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract An electronic device according to the present disclosure includes: a first substrate on which a first connector is mounted; a second substrate that is disposed with a gap with respect to the first substrate in a first direction, and on which a second connector is mounted; and a flexible substrate having one end and another end, with the one end being connected to the first connector, and the other end being connected to the second connector. The first connector and the second connector face each other in the first direction. The flexible substrate further includes a first bent portion, and a second bent portion that is positioned on a side nearer to the other end than the first bent portion. The flexible substrate extending from the first connector is bent at the first bent portion toward one side in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and extends further toward the one side in the second direction with respect to the first substrate. The flexible substrate extending from the second connector is bent at the second bent portion toward the other side in the second direction, and extends further toward the other side in the second direction with respect to the second substrate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a first substrate on which a first connector is mounted; a second substrate that is disposed with a gap with respect to the first substrate in a first direction, and on which a second connector is mounted; and a flexible substrate having one end and another end, with the one end being connected to the first connector, and the other end being connected to the second connector, wherein the first connector and the second connector face each other in the first direction, the flexible substrate further includes a first bent portion, and a second bent portion that is positioned on a side nearer to the other end than the first bent portion, the flexible substrate extending from the first connector is bent at the first bent portion toward one side in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and extends further toward the one side in the second direction with respect to the first substrate, and the flexible substrate extending from the second connector is bent at the second bent portion toward another side in the second direction, and extends further toward the other side in the second direction with respect to the second substrate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible substrate further includes a third bent portion on the other side in the second direction with respect to the second substrate, and between the first bent portion and the second bent portion, and the flexible substrate extending from the second bent portion toward the other side in the second direction with respect to the second substrate is bent at the third bent portion toward the one side in the second direction, passes through a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, and extends toward the one side in the second direction with respect to the second substrate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the third bent portion is positioned on a side nearer to the first connector in the first direction with respect to the first bent portion, and is positioned on the other side in the second direction with respect to the first bent portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the first direction is a direction from the second substrate toward the first substrate, and as a portion of the flexible substrate extending from the third bent portion, passing through the gap, and extending toward the one side in the second direction with respect to the second substrate extends further toward the one side in the second direction, the portion shifts to a direction opposite to the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the flexible substrate further includes a fourth bent portion on the one side in the second direction with respect to the second substrate and between the third bent portion and the first bent portion, the flexible substrate extending from the third bent portion toward the one side in the second direction with respect to the second substrate is bent at the fourth bent portion at an acute angle and extends in the first direction, and a portion of the flexible substrate extending from the second connector through the second bent portion and the fourth bent portion, and then extending from the fourth bent portion delineates a Z shape in a view from a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first bent portion is bent at an acute angle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the first direction is a direction from the second substrate toward the first substrate, the flexible substrate further includes a fifth bent portion on the one side in the second direction with respect to the first substrate and between the first bent portion and the second bent portion, the flexible substrate extending from the first bent portion toward the one side in the second direction with respect to the first substrate is bent at the fifth bent portion at an acute angle and extends in a direction opposite to the first direction, and a portion of the flexible substrate extending from the first connector through the first bent portion and the fifth bent portion, and then extending from the fifth bent portion delineates a Z shape in a view from a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a position of the second substrate in the second direction is same as or substantially same as a position of the first substrate in the second direction, or is a position on the other side in the second direction with respect to the first substrate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the first connector and the second connector in the first direction is 10 (mm) or less. ### Claim 10 A production method for an electronic device, the production method comprising: a step of attaching a first substrate to a housing; a step of connecting one end of a flexible substrate to a first connector mounted on the first substrate; a step of connecting another end of the flexible substrate to a second connector mounted on a second substrate, wherein the flexible substrate includes: one principal surface; another principal surface that is on a rear side of the one principal surface; at least one one-side bent portion having a concave on the one principal surface; a first other-side bent portion provided between the one-side bent portion and the one end, and having a concave on the other principal surface; and a second other-side bent portion provided between the one-side bent portion and the other end, and having a concave on the other principal surface, after the first substrate is attached to the housing and the one end is connected to the first connector, the one principal surface or the other principal surface of the flexible substrate faces the housing, the production method further comprises a step of attaching the second substrate next to the first substrate in the housing so that the first connector and the second connector face each other in a first direction, after the first substrate is attached to the housing, the one end is connected to the first connector, and the other end is connected to the second connector, and when the second substrate is attached to the housing, the second substrate is attached to the housing by being brought nearer to the first substrate in the first direction in such a manner that the one-side bent portion is positioned on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, with respect to the first substrate, and the second other-side bent portion is positioned on another side in the second direction with respect to the first substrate.