Flexible printed circuit board with resilient tabs and method of mounting components thereon

A method for mounting components on a flexible printed circuit board, comprising the steps of:

• providing a flexible printed circuit board;
• forming a number of first resilient members in said flexible printed circuit board;
• providing at least one component on a main surface of said flexible printed circuit board;
• clamping said component by said first resilient members;
• arranging said first resilient members to apply a resilient force directly onto said component in a first direction, substantially perpendicular to the main surface of said flexible printed circuit board;
• providing a counteracting force to prohibit displacement of said component in said first direction;
• providing one of said first resilient members with an electrically conducting surface at a side facing said component;
• and
• establishing direct electrical contact between said conducting first resilient member and said component by arranging said electrically conducting surface to apply a resilient force directly onto a contact member of said component.

A circuit board, comprising:

• a flexible substrate having a planar first surface;
• plural first tabs, each of which is a part of said first surface of said substrate and is resiliently deformable away from a plane of said first surface;
• and
• a component having a first side on said first surface and that is clamped by said plural first tabs,
• said plural first tabs being resiliently deformed away from the plane of said first surface and contacting a second side of said component opposite said first side, said plural first tabs urging said component in a first direction perpendicular to said plane of said first surface and onto said first surface.

A flexible printed circuit board arrangement, comprising

• a flexible printed circuit board having a number of first resilient members formed therein;
• at least one component removably clamped by said first resilient members, said component having a contact member for electrical connection,
• said first resilient members being arranged to apply a resilient force onto said component in a first direction, substantially perpendicular to a surface of said flexible printed circuit board;
• counteracting means for prohibiting displacement of said component in said first direction, said counteracting means being a portion of said flexible printed circuit board;
• one of said first resilient members having an electrically conducting surface at a side facing said component;
• said conducting first resilient member being arranged to apply a resilient force onto said contact member of said component, for establishing electrical contact between said electrically conducting surface and said contact member.