Patent ID: 7445496
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting a flexible printed circuit (FPC) with a flexible circuitry component containing conducting wires in which the conducting wires having an uncovered conducting portion, the method comprising: providing a tenon and a holder with a groove corresponding to the tenon; forming a plurality of first positioning elements on the tenon; forming a plurality of second positioning elements on the holder; forming a plurality of third positioning elements on the FPC; forming a plurality of fourth positioning elements on the flexible circuitry component, wherein the third positioning elements on the FPC and the fourth positioning elements on the flexible circuitry component are not formed due to the tenon and the holder; utilizing the first, second, third, and fourth positioning elements to align both the uncovered conducting portion of the flexible circuitry component and a connecting region of the FPC with the groove in the holder; and utilizing the tenon to wedge the uncovered conducting portion of the flexible circuitry component and the connecting region of the FPC in the groove of the holder to cause that the uncovered conducting portion contacts the connecting region.