Cable assembly with flat cable
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsChien-Hsun Huang, Hao Tang, Zhi-Guo Wang
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Abstract
A cable assembly includes an electrical connector, a flat cable, a flexible printed circuit electrically connecting the flat cable to the electrical connector, and a spacer fastened on the electrical connector for supporting the flexible printed circuit. The electrical connector includes an insulation housing and a plurality of terminals receiving in the housing and each of which has an tail exposed out of the housing. The flexible printed circuit includes a vertical connecting portion connected to the terminals of the electrical connector and a horizontal connecting portion separated from the vertical connecting portion and connected to one end of the flat cable.
Claims10
A cable assembly, comprising:
- an electrical connector comprising an insulation housing and a plurality of terminals receiving in the housing and each of which has an tail exposed out of the housing;
- a flat cable;
- a flexible printed circuit electrically connecting the flat cable to the electrical connector, and comprising a vertical connecting portion connected to the terminals of the electrical connector and a horizontal connecting portion separated from the vertical connecting portion and connected to one end of the flat cable;
- and a spacer fastened on the electrical connector for supporting the flexible printed circuit;
- wherein said flexible printed circuit further comprises a gradient connecting portion connecting the vertical connecting portion to the horizontal portion;
- wherein said spacer comprises a first vertical receiving space receiving the horizontal connecting portion of the flexible printed circuit and the end of the cable, a second receiving space receiving the gradient connecting portion;
- wherein said spacer comprises a passageway connecting the first receiving space to make the cable extend out the spacer, and the passageway, the first receiving space, and the second receiving space are arranged along a lengthwise direction;
- wherein said horizontal connecting portion of the flexible printed circuit comprises a plurality of pads arranging in a line and a lengthwise grounding portion separated from the pads.
A cable connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a front mating face and a rear mounting face away from the front mating face;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with mating sections and tail sections respectively around the front mating face and the rear mounting face;
- a flexible printed circuit board positioned behind the rear mounting face and having a front portion soldered to the tail sections of the contacts, and a rear portion mechanically and electrically connected to a plurality of wires;
- a spacer attached to the housing and retaining the rear portion of the flexible printed circuit board;
- and an insulative cover enclosing the spacer and the flexible printed circuit board, and attached to the housing to cover the rear mounting face;
- wherein the front portion of the flexible printed circuit board extends vertically while the rear portion of the flexible printed circuit board extends horizontally and perpendicular to said front portion;
- wherein the spacer includes a post extending through the rear portion of the flexible printed circuit board for positioning the flexible printed circuit board to the spacer.
A cable connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining opposite front mating face and rear mounting face;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with mating sections around the mating face and tail sections around the mounting face;
- an insulative spacer attached to the housing;
- a flexible printed circuit board defining a front portion intimately abutting against the rear mounting face to mechanically and electrically connected to the tail sections, and a rear portion which is retained and supported by the spacer to mechanically and electrically connected to a plurality of wires;
- and an insulative cover enclosing the spacer, the flexible printed circuit board and the rear mounting face of the housing;
- wherein said rear portion of the flexible printed circuit board extends perpendicular to said front portion of the flexible printed circuit board;
- wherein the front portion of the flexible printed circuit board is sandwiched between the rear mounting face and the spacer.
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