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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
Yasuhiro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A cable connector assembly and a method of fabrication thereof provides for easy and accurate electrical connection of flat cables having narrow pitch. Multiple conductors of a flat cable (,) are exposed by stripping near the end of the flat cable (,) to expose portions (,) of the conductors after which the flat cable (,) is placed nearly parallel against the surface of the printed circuit board (,) and the exposed portions (,) are soldered to conductive pads (,) on the printed circuit board (,). To other parts of the printed circuit (,), contacts (,) having contact sections (,) for the contacts of a matching connector are connected. This makes it possible to provide for the connection of all conductors of the flat cable (,) to appropriate circuits of the printed circuit board (,) to which contacts (,) are connected.