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US 7,442,046 B2Granted
Flexible circuit connectors
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsOlof Simon Simonsson, Omid Kazemifar, Mikael Pär-Oskar Häll, Maiko Anneli Karlsson, H{dot over (a)}kan Klas Petersson
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Abstract
A system includes a first electrical device including a conductive structure, and a second electrical device including an opening and a conductor provided in the opening. The conductor contacts the conductive structure of the first electrical device to electrically interconnect the first electrical device to the second electrical device.
Claims16
A device comprising:
- a rigid circuit including a plurality of balls and pins;
- and
- a flexible circuit including a plurality of openings and conductors provided in the plurality of openings, the conductors contacting the plurality of balls and pins of the rigid circuit to electrically interconnect the rigid circuit to the flexible circuit, and the contact between the conductors and the plurality of balls and pins imparting a restraining force to prevent the rigid circuit from disconnecting from the flexible circuit.
A system comprising:
- a rigid electrical device including a plurality of balls and pins;
- and
- a flexible electrical device including a plurality of openings and conductors provided in the plurality of openings, the conductors contacting the plurality of balls and pins of the rigid electrical device to electrically interconnect the rigid electrical device to the flexible electrical device, and contact between the conductors and the plurality of balls and pins imparting a restraining force to prevent the rigid electrical device from disconnecting from the flexible electrical device.
A system comprising:
- means for providing a rigid support for at least a plurality of balls and pins;
- and
- means for providing a flexible support for at least a plurality of conductors provided in a plurality of openings of the flexible support, the plurality of conductors contacting the plurality of balls and pins of the rigid support to electrically interconnect the rigid support to the flexible support.
A method comprising:
- aligning a plurality of openings and conductors provided in a plurality of openings of a rigid electrical device with a plurality of balls and pins of a flexible electrical device;
- moving the rigid electrical device toward the flexible electrical device;
- electrically interconnecting the flexible electrical device to the rigid electrical device by contacting the conductors of the rigid electrical device with the plurality of balls and pins of the flexible electrical device;
- and
- imparting a restraining force, via contact between the conductors and the plurality of balls and pins, to prevent the rigid electrical device from disconnecting from the flexible electrical device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.