Patent ID: 9420701
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a flexible circuit substrate including a body portion and at least one connector portion formed monolithically with the body portion, wherein the connector portion is shaped by at least one of bending the flexible circuit substrate, folding the flexible circuit substrate, or rolling the flexible circuit substrate, and wherein the connector portion is configured to be received in a receptacle of a connector device; at least one electrode formed on the connector portion and configured to make electrical contact with an electrical conductor of the receptacle of the connector device; at least one electronic component on the flexible circuit substrate; and interconnect to provide electrical continuity from the electrode to the electronic component; wherein the electronic component is an active electronic component that is monolithic to the flexible circuit substrate; wherein the plurality of connector portions are configured as appendages to be received in the receptacle of an alternating current (AC) outlet connector device.