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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Hiroyuki Obata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukasa Ito, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Futatsugi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an electrical connector (,) which has a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and slider, in which the manufacturing cost is low, and the assembly work is simple. The electrical connector (,) is equipped with an insulating housing (,) having a plurality of electrical terminals (,), an FPC (,) has a plurality of conductive pads formed on its surface and both sections (,) of which are electrically connected to the terminals (,), and a slider (,) is clamped within the FPC (,). A lower surface of second section (,) of the FPC (,) is folded back and fastened to a lower surface of the first section (,) of the FPC (,). Prescribed terminals (,) are electrically connected to conductive pads (,) on an upper surface of the first section (,) of the FPC (,), while prescribed terminals (,) of the other terminals (,) are electrically connected to conductive pads (,) on an upper surface of the second section (,) of the FPC (,). The housing (,) is a single integral member which is formed by molding from an insulating resin.
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