US 8,998,650 B2Granted

Connector with FPCB pin module

AssigneeYFC-BONEAGLE Electric Co., Ltd.

InventorsYing-Ming Ku, Chun-Chieh Chen

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Abstract

A connector includes a front seat, an FPCB pin module, an FPCB, a plurality of terminals and a flexible support. The front seat has a socket and a room for receiving the socket. The flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) pin module is received in the room. The FPCB has a fixing portion, a connecting portion bendingly extending from an edge of the fixing portion and a terminal insertion portion extending from another edge of the fixing portion and corresponding to the socket. The terminals pass through and are fixed on the terminal insertion portion. The flexible support is attached on the fixing portion and the connecting portion for supporting the connecting portion.

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Dependent claims

A connector comprising:

a front seat, having a socket and a room for receiving the socket;
and
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) pin module, received in the room, and comprising:
an FPCB, having a fixing portion, a connecting portion bendingly extending from an edge of the fixing portion and a terminal insertion portion extending from another edge of the fixing portion and corresponding to the socket;
a plurality of terminals, passing through and fixed on the terminal insertion portion;
and
a flexible support, attached on the fixing portion and the connecting portion for supporting the connecting portion,
wherein the connecting portion is aslope to the fixing portion, and
wherein a bend portion is formed between the fixing portion and the connecting portion, the flexible support is a V-shaped sheet composed of a horizontal section, a slant section and a bend section therebetween, the horizontal section, and the slant section and the bend section are attached on the fixing portion, the connecting portion and the bend portion, respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.