Compliant connection for substrates
AssigneeAG Communication Systems Corporation
InventorThomas D. Belanger, Jr.
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Abstract
An electrical substrate including a flexible printed circuit mounted on the substrate arranged to provide electrical contact between the flexible printed circuit and circuit contacts on an associated carrier substrate. Portions of the flexible printed circuit extended from the top surface of the electrical substrate to the bottom of the substrate by way of recesses included in the geometry of the electrical substrate. Portions of the flexible printed circuit are folded under the bottom side of the electrical substrate and fastened thereto by some compliant material. Properly positioned, electrical contact is established between the flexible printed circuit and circuit contacts on the carrier substrate.
Claims8
In combination an electrical substrate for electrically connecting a flexible printed circuit to a carrier substrate including at least one circuit contact, said electrical substrate comprising:
- a relatively flat rectangular platelike structure having parallel first and second surfaces, connected by a plurality of side surfaces, certain ones of said side surfaces offset from other side surfaces to define at least one recessed area;
- a flexible printed circuit located on said first surface, including at least one extension section depending from said first surface adjacent to one of said side surfaces defining said recessed area, and further extending beneath said second surface;
- whereby in response to placement of said electrical substrate in a predetermined location on a carrier substrate, said flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to said carrier substrate circuit contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.