Patent ID: 6395997
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H01B,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A combination of a flat circuit and a first connector, comprising:a plurality of flexible linear conductors which are arranged in parallel to one another; an insulating covering in a shape of a strip formed of insulating material so as to cover said conductors and extending in a direction of wiring said conductors, said flat circuit being deformable by bending said conductors; a plurality of conductor exposing windows provided on at least either one of a front face and a rear face of said insulating covering at desired distances in said wiring direction, through which said conductors are adapted to be exposed a free end portion formed at one end side of said flat circuit, extending for a desired length from an end edge in said wiring direction and being elastically deformable; and said first connector provided on at least one of said conductor exposing windows located in said free end portion so that a mating connector can be engaged with said first connector; wherein said first connector is provided with a connecting portion perpendicularly approaching the flexible linear conductors and includes at least one welding lug, at a distal end of the connecting portion, extending in parallel to, while contacting, a respective one of the flexible linear conductors.