Patent ID: 6410857
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A double sided circuit card assembly, comprising:a first printed wiring board having a first set of electrical contacts mounted thereon; a second printed wiring board having a second set of electrical contacts mounted thereon; a solid substantially planar plate frame member interposed between said first and second printed wiring boards and having an upper surface portion, a lower surface portion, oppositely disposed edge regions of said upper and lower surface portions, and a slot defined within said solid substantially planar plate frame member at a position interposed between said oppositely disposed edge regions and extending through said solid substantially planar plate frame member from said upper surface portion thereof to said lower surface portion thereof so as to define an internal edge portion between said oppositely disposed edge regions; and a flex circuit member disposed through said slot defined within said solid substantially planar plate frame member and bent around said internal edge portion of said solid substantially planar plate frame member and having a third set of electrical contacts mounted upon an external surface thereof for electrical connection to said first and second sets of electrical contacts respectively mounted upon said first and second printed wiring boards for establishing electrical connections between said first and second printed wiring boards.