Patent ID: 6287021
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: G03B,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for coupling two electronic components that are configured to move relative to each other, comprising:a flexible printed circuit board having a circuit disposed on a surface thereof, said flexible printed circuit board being flat and having at least one cut-out section, said at least one cut-out section dividing said flexible circuit board into at least two sections connected by at least one bending section, two of said at least two sections having a mounting member at the end opposite to said at least one bending section for coupling to one of said two electronic components, said at least two sections being deformable about said at least one bending section in a direction substantially perpendicular to said surface and in response to movement of said two electronic components when coupled to said two electronic components at said mounting members, said at least two sections extending and contracting in a direction transverse to a direction in which said flexible printed circuit board extends.