Patent ID: 6146189
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A flexible printed circuit board mounting structure comprising a holding member which comprises a main body portion and a door portion rotatably provided on said main body portion, wherein terminal sections of flexible printed circuit boards are mounted to each of said main body portion and said door portion, said holding member being secured to a hard circuit board to thereby establish an electrical connection between wiring patterns of said terminal sections and an electric circuit of said hard circuit board, wherein said terminal sections of said flexible printed circuit boards are mounted to each of said main body portion and said door portion such that they are parallel and in the same direction with each other; and wherein a portion continuous to the terminal section of said flexible circuit board mounted to said main body portion extends in a direction parallel with a portion continuous to the terminal section of said flexible circuit board mounted to said door body portion.