Patent ID: 9077127
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly, comprising: a female connector comprising: a film substrate which is made from insulating material shaped in a thin board shape with flexibility; and a through hole pierced in the film substrate in a thickness direction thereof; and a pad which has electrical conductivity and is formed on a surface of the film substrate around the through hole; and a male connector comprising a conductive protrusion adapted to be inserted into the through hole to be electrically connected to the pad, wherein: the film substrate comprises a slot that is formed to extend along a plane of the film substrate and one end side of the slot is connected to the through hole, and the film substrate comprises non-pad part without the pad, the non-pad part being placed at least part of a region, on the surface of the film substrate, which is present at another end side of the slot and free to be bent by the conductive protrusion, the non-pad part adjoining the slot with no pad intervening between the slot and the non-pad part.