Patent ID: 6352434
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: H01R,H04M,H05K

Abstract:
An electronic device comprising:a first housing containing first operational circuitry; a second housing containing second operational circuitry; a joint element which movably joins the first housing and the second housing, the joint element defining a slot having a slot width; and a flexible circuit element routed through the slot and electrically coupling the first operational circuitry and the second operational circuitry, the flexible circuit element including a flexible substrate having a body and a tab off an edge of the body, the body having a length and a width, and the tab having a length and a width; a plurality of conductors disposed side-by-side on the body along the width of the body, each of the plurality of conductors extending in a direction along the length of the body; and a plurality of termination pads disposed side-by-side on the tab along the length of the tab, each of the plurality of termination pads extending in a direction along the width of the tab, the termination pads oriented at an angle relative to the direction along the length of the body, and the flexible substrate having a maximum width less than the slot width, the maximum width defined by a combination of the widths of the body and the tab.