Flexible printed circuit board connector
AssigneeTe Connectivity Corporation
InventorsKyle Gary Annis, Dustin Carson Belack
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Abstract
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connector includes a housing having a first mating interface configured for mating with a first FPCB and a second mating interface configured for mating with a second FPCB. A plurality of jumper conductors are held by the housing. The jumper conductors have first mating ends at the first mating interface being configured for mating with the first FPCB and the jumper conductors having second mating ends at the second mating interface being configured for mating with the second FPCB. The first mating interface is configured to be mated to the first FPCB at any location along a length of the first FPCB including locations remote from an end of the first FPCB.
Claims25
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connector comprising:
- a housing having a first mating interface configured for mating with a first FPCB and a second mating interface configured for mating with a second FPCB;
- a plurality of jumper conductors held by the housing, the jumper conductors having first mating ends at the first mating interface being configured for mating with the first FPCB and the jumper conductors having second mating ends at the second mating interface being configured for mating with the second FPCB;
- wherein the first mating interface is configured to be mated to the first FPCB at any location along a length of the first FPCB;
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- wherein the housing and the jumper conductors are oriented to define a right angle connection between the first and second FPCBs, wherein the traces of the first FPCB are oriented perpendicular to the traces of the second FPCB.
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connector comprising:
- a housing holding a first interposer defining a first mating interface configured for mating with a first FPCB and holding a second interposer defining a second mating interface configured for mating with a second FPCB;
- a jumper circuit board held by the housing between the first and second interposers;
- a plurality of jumper conductors having first interposer conductors at the first mating interface being configured for mating with the first FPCB, the jumper conductors having second interposer conductors at the second mating interface being configured for mating with the second FPCB, and the jumper conductors having jumper circuit board conductors between the first and second interposer conductors;
- wherein the first mating interface is configured to be mated to the first FPCB at any location along a length of the first FPCB.
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connector comprising:
- a housing having a first mating interface configured for mating with a first FPCB and a second mating interface configured for mating with a second FPCB, the housing comprising a plurality of wafers stacked together;
- each wafer comprising a leadframe and a body overmolded over the leadframe, the overmolded bodies of the wafers defining at least a portion of the housing, each leadframe comprising a plurality of jumper conductors held by the corresponding overmolded body, the jumper conductors having first mating ends at the first mating interface being configured for mating with the first FPCB and the jumper conductors having second mating ends at the second mating interface being configured for mating with the second FPCB;
- wherein the first mating interface is configured to be mated to the first FPCB at any location along a length of the first FPCB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.