Patent ID: 6452754
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
A flexible printed circuit board attachment structure comprising:a printed circuit board having an attachment hole disposed in a plane thereof; and a flexible printed circuit board having a terminal formation portion and a connection portion, where terminals are exposed on a surface of said terminal formation portion near an insertion end thereof, and where a circuit pattern electrically connected to said terminals is extended from said terminal formation portion to a signal transmission side of said connection portion, wherein said terminal formation portion comprises a base portion extending from said connection portion to the insertion end of said terminal formation portion, and a bend portion connected to said base portion by a bend base portion, said bend base portion being formed along a bending line substantially parallel to a direction of insertion of said terminal formation portion into said attachment hole of said printed circuit board, such that said interior surface of said base portion faces an interior surface of said bend portion, said direction of insertion being substantially perpendicular to the plane of the printed circuit board, wherein said terminals are exposed on an outer surface of said base portion that does not face said bend portion, and wherein said bend portion and said base portion are inserted into and attached to said attachment hole.