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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koji Mizuta, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Takashi Nakai, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 ; H01B 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 ; H01B 7/04 ;
Abstract
In a flexible printed circuit board, a terminal formation portion has a base portion extending a connection portion with a circuit pattern from an end, and a bend portion, bent along a bending line in a direction of insertion into an attachment hole of a printed circuit board, from the base portion, such that terminals are exposed outside. The flexible printed circuit board is attached to the printed circuit board by inserting the bend portion and the base portion into the attachment hole of the printed circuit board.