Patent Description:
The invention also relates to a garment and an electrical device with a pad, each of which includes a connector assembly.

In recent years, attention has been drawn to so-called smart clothes that can acquire user's biological data such as the heart rate and the body temperature only by being worn by the user. Such smart clothes have an electrode disposed at a measurement site, and when a wearable device serving as a measurement device is electrically connected to the electrode, biological data can be transmitted to the wearable device.

The electrode and the wearable device can be interconnected by, for instance, use of a connector connected to a wiring portion drawn from the electrode.

As a connector of this type, for example, <CIT> discloses a connector shown in <FIG>. The connector includes a connector body <NUM> made of an insulating material. The connector body <NUM> includes a first insulator <NUM> disposed on a front surface of a garment <NUM> and a second insulator <NUM> disposed on a rear surface of the garment <NUM>, and is attached to the garment <NUM> together with a tab sheet <NUM>. The tab sheet <NUM> is used to reinforce the garment <NUM>. A plurality of contacts <NUM> are retained by the first insulator <NUM>, and the contacts <NUM> are connected to a wiring portion <NUM> disposed on the garment <NUM>.

Using the connector as a garment-side connector, a module-side connector (not shown) is fitted to the garment-side connector, whereby biological data can be transmitted to a measurement module to enable measurements and other actions.

In the meantime, since the first insulator <NUM> and the second insulator <NUM> constituting the connector body <NUM> are made of an insulating material having low flexibility, and particularly, since the second insulator <NUM> is disposed on the rear surface of the garment <NUM>, a user may feel uncomfortable, degrading comfortableness in wearing the garment <NUM>.

From <CIT> a garment for infants is known, which comprises a comfort component serving as a base, a plurality of signal transmission paths integrated within the comfort component; and at least one interface that provides a transmission path between the information infrastructure component and an external device. In addition, the garment has the means to ensure a snug fit for the baby so that the sensors stay in place to minimize the risk of false alarms while the baby is safe and comfortable. This feature also helps to extend the usable life of the garment as the baby grows.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the conventional problem described above and aims at providing a connector assembly capable of suppressing deterioration in comfortableness in wearing even when the connector assembly is attached to a wearing article worn by a user.

The present invention also aims at providing a garment and an electrical device with a pad, each of which includes the connector assembly.

The connector assembly according to the present invention includes:.

The garment according to the present invention includes the above-described connector assembly, wherein the sheet-like base is formed of at least part of cloth of the garment.

The electrical device with a pad according to the present invention includes the above-described connector assembly, wherein the at least one terminal member is composed of an electrode having a pad-like shape.

<FIG> show a garment C1 to which a connector assembly according to Embodiment <NUM> is attached. The garment C1 is a so-called top such as a shirt a user wears, and is made of a front body F1 and a back body F2 sewn to each other at sewing portions F3 in their lateral parts. <FIG> shows an outer surface of the front body F1, and <FIG> shows an outer surface of the back body F2.

For convenience, the front body F1 and the back body F2 are defined as extending along an XY plane, the sewing portions F3 situated at opposite ends in the X direction are defined as extending along the Y direction, and a direction perpendicular to an XY plane is referred to as "Z direction.

A connector <NUM> is attached to the garment C1 to protrude to an outside of the front body F1 and the back body F2 from their sewing portions F3 on the -X direction side among the sewing portions F3 situated at the opposite ends in the X direction.

<FIG> shows an inner surface of the front body F1. The inner surface of the front body F1 is a surface that faces a user's body when the user wears the garment C1. Part of cloth of the garment C1 protrudes in the -X direction from the -X directional edge of the front body F1, and a sheet-like base <NUM> that is flexible is formed of the cloth of the garment C1 constituting this protruding portion and the front body F1.

The sheet-like base <NUM> includes a base body 21A formed of a part corresponding to the front body F1, and a tag portion 21B formed of a part corresponding to the protruding portion protruding in the -X direction from the -X directional edge of the front body F1.

To a front surface of the base body 21A that faces the user's body when the garment C1 is worn, a plurality of electrodes <NUM> constituting a terminal member are attached, and a plurality of wires <NUM> are also provided, one ends of which are separately connected to the electrodes <NUM>, and the other ends of which extend to the tag portion 21B.

Meanwhile, the connector <NUM> is mounted on a front surface of the tag portion 21B forming a same plane as that of the front surface of the base body 21A. At the tag portion 21B, the other ends of the wires <NUM> are connected to the connector <NUM>.

The connector assembly according to Embodiment <NUM> is composed of the sheet-like base <NUM>, the electrodes <NUM> and the wires <NUM> attached to the front surface of the base body 21A, and the connector <NUM> mounted on the tag portion 21B shown in <FIG>.

As shown in <FIG>, the other ends of the wires <NUM> disposed on the front surface of the base body 21A extend to the front surface of the tag portion 21B and are separately connected to connecting portions <NUM> disposed on the tag portion 21B.

The electrodes <NUM> constituting the terminal member are used to acquire the user's biological data and disposed on the front surface of the base body 21A that faces the user's body when the garment C1 is worn, due to the necessity of being disposed in contact with or in the vicinity of the user's body surface. In alignment with the electrodes <NUM>, the wires <NUM> are disposed on the front surface of the base body 21A.

Each electrode <NUM> can be made of a metal material and, besides, can be made by weaving or knitting a conductive thread. In addition, use may be made of an electrode <NUM> in which a conductive layer is formed through printing or another method on a front surface of an insulating resin film.

For each wire <NUM>, a fibrous wire made by weaving or knitting a conductive thread can be used. Alternatively, for the wire <NUM>, use may be made of one formed through printing or another method as a conductive layer on a front surface of an insulating resin film.

<FIG> shows an assembly view of the connector <NUM>. The connector <NUM> is used as, for example, a garment-side connector portion for fitting a wearable device, and includes a first insulator <NUM> and a second insulator <NUM> forming a housing <NUM>, a plurality of contacts <NUM> held by the housing <NUM>, and a reinforcement sheet <NUM> for reinforcing the tag portion 21B of the garment C1.

On the front surface side of the tag portion 21B, the reinforcement sheet <NUM>, the contacts <NUM>, and the first insulator <NUM> are sequentially arranged, and on the rear surface side of the tag portion 21B, the second insulator <NUM> is arranged.

The first insulator <NUM> includes a plurality of through holes 13A in which the +Z directional parts of the contacts <NUM> are inserted, the second insulator <NUM> includes a plurality of projections 14A corresponding to the contacts <NUM> and projecting in the +Z direction, and the reinforcement sheet <NUM> is provided with an opening portion 16A at the center thereof.

For assembling the connector <NUM>, the contacts <NUM> are separately arranged over the connecting portions <NUM> disposed on the front surface of the tag portion 21B, the reinforcement sheet <NUM> is arranged on the front surface of the tag portion 21B such that the contacts <NUM> are situated inside the opening portion 16A of the reinforcement sheet <NUM>, and the first insulator <NUM> is arranged on the reinforcement sheet <NUM>.

At this time, the +Z directional parts of the contacts <NUM> are separately inserted into the through-holes 13A of the first insulator <NUM> to project in the +Z direction from the first insulator <NUM>.

In this state, the second insulator <NUM> is moved from the -Z direction to the +Z direction and is pressed against the first insulator <NUM>, whereby the projections 14A of the second insulator <NUM> make contact with the rear surface of the tag portion 21B facing in the -Z direction, and the cloth of the garment C1 constituting the tag portion 21B and the connecting portions <NUM> disposed on the front surface of the tag portion 21B are pushed toward the +Z direction.

As a result, as shown in <FIG>, each projection 14A of the second insulator <NUM> is inserted into a recess portion 15A formed in the corresponding contact <NUM> with the tag portion 21B being sandwiched therebetween. Consequently, the connecting portion <NUM> disposed on the front surface of the tag portion 21B is jutted in the +Z direction toward the recess portion 15A and deformed by the projection 14A, an inner peripheral surface of the recess portion 15A of the contact <NUM> makes contact with the connecting portion <NUM>, and the contact <NUM> is electrically connected to the connecting portion <NUM>.

The plurality of contacts <NUM> of the connector <NUM> are electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes <NUM> attached to the front surface of the base body 21A via the connecting portions <NUM> and the wires <NUM> in this manner.

Hence, for example, when a module-side connector (not shown) on which a predetermined electronic circuit is mounted is fitted to the connector <NUM>, biological data acquired through the plurality of electrodes <NUM> can be measured by the electronic circuit or transmitted to a remote measurement device from the electronic circuit.

The connector <NUM> mounted on the tag portion 21B is not limited to the connector shown in <FIG>, and connectors having various structures can be mounted on the tag portion 21B.

The front body F1 including the base body 21A is sewn to the back body F2 by use of the sewing portions F3, and the tag portion 21B protrudes to the -X direction side from the sewing portion F3 as shown in <FIG>.

It is thus preferable that the tag portion 21B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted is folded toward the base body 21A at the sewing portion F3 such that the rear surface of the tag portion 21B faces the rear surface of the base body 21A, and is sewn to the base body 21A using a sewing thread <NUM> as shown in <FIG>. Accordingly, the tag portion 21B is fixed to the base body 21A, and the connector <NUM> mounted on the tag portion 21B is disposed on the rear surface side, facing in the -Z direction, of the base body 21A, i.e., on an outer surface of the front body F1 as shown in <FIG>.

According to Embodiment <NUM> described above, the plurality of electrodes <NUM> and the plurality of wires <NUM> are disposed on the front surface of the base body 21A of the sheet-like base <NUM>, the connector <NUM> is mounted on the tag portion 21B protruding from the base body 21A to an outside of the base body 21A, and the tag portion 21B is folded toward the base body 21A such that the rear surface of the tag portion 21B faces the rear surface of the base body 21A, whereby the connector <NUM> is disposed on the rear surface side of the base body 21A. With this constitution, when the user wears the garment C1, the connector <NUM> is situated on the outside of the garment C1 with respect to the user's body; it is thus possible to acquire biological data via the electrodes <NUM> without degrading comfortableness in wearing the garment C1.

In addition, since the folded tag portion 21B is sewn and fixed to the base body 21A, even the garment C1 provided with the tag portion 21B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted can be worn without uncomfortable feeling.

In Embodiment <NUM>, the connector assembly is formed in the front body F1 of the garment C1, but this is not the sole case, and the connector assembly can be formed in the back body F2. That is, the base body may be formed of cloth of the garment C1 constituting the back body F2, and part of the cloth of the garment C1 constituting the back body F2 may protrude to an outside of the back body F2 to form the tag portion, on which the connector <NUM> is mounted.

In addition, while in Embodiment <NUM>, the plurality of electrodes <NUM> and the plurality of wires <NUM> are disposed on the front surface of the base body 21A, it suffices if at least one electrode <NUM> and at least one wire <NUM> are disposed.

<FIG> show a garment C2 to which a connector assembly according to Embodiment <NUM> is attached. As with the garment C1 in Embodiment <NUM>, the garment C2 is a top a user wears, and is made of the front body F1 and the back body F2 sewn to each other at sewing portions F3 in their lateral parts. <FIG> shows an outer surface of the front body F1, and <FIG> shows an outer surface of the back body F2.

The connector <NUM> is attached to the garment C2 to protrude to an outside of the front body F1 and the back body F2 from their sewing portions F3 on the +X direction side among the sewing portions F3 situated at the opposite ends in the X direction.

The outer surface of the front body F1 shown in <FIG> is a surface that faces outward in the opposite direction from a user's body when the user wears the garment C2. Part of cloth of the garment C2 protrudes in the +X direction from the +X directional edge of the front body F1, and the flexible sheet-like base <NUM> is formed of the cloth of the garment C2 constituting this protruding portion and the front body F1.

The sheet-like base <NUM> includes a base body 26A formed of part corresponding to the front body F1, and a tag portion 26B formed of part corresponding to the protruding portion protruding in the +X direction from the +X directional edge of the front body F1.

To a front surface of the base body 26A that faces outward in the opposite direction from the user's body when the garment C2 is worn, a plurality of sensors <NUM> constituting a terminal member are attached, and a plurality of wires <NUM> are also provided, one ends of which are separately connected to the sensors <NUM>, and the other ends of which extend to the tag portion 26B.

Meanwhile, the connector <NUM> is mounted on a front surface of the tag portion 26B forming a same plane as that of the front surface of the base body 26A. At the tag portion 26B, the other ends of the wires <NUM> are connected to the connector <NUM>.

The connector assembly according to Embodiment <NUM> is composed of the sheet-like base <NUM>, the sensors <NUM> and the wires <NUM> attached to the front surface of the base body 26A, and the connector <NUM> mounted on the tag portion 26B shown in <FIG>.

As shown in <FIG>, the other ends of the wires <NUM> disposed on the front surface of the base body 26A extend to the front surface of the tag portion 26B and are separately connected to connecting portions <NUM> disposed on the tag portion 26B.

As the sensors <NUM> constituting the terminal member, angular rate sensors, acceleration sensors, and temperature sensors, for example, can be attached to the front surface of the base body 26A, and a module-side connector (not shown) on which a predetermined processor is mounted is fitted to the connector <NUM>, whereby an inertial measurement unit for detecting three-dimensional inertial motion can be composed of the sensors <NUM> and the processor.

Since the sensors <NUM> as above need not be in contact with or in the vicinity of the user's body surface, in consideration of comfortableness in wearing the garment C2, the sensors <NUM> are preferably disposed on the front surface of the base body 26A facing outward in the opposite direction from the user's body when the garment C2 is worn, and the wires <NUM> are also disposed on the front surface of the base body 26A in alignment with the sensors <NUM>.

The wires <NUM> are the same as the wires <NUM> used in Embodiment <NUM>, and the connector <NUM> mounted on the tag portion 26B is also same as the connector <NUM> used in Embodiment <NUM>.

The front body F1 including the base body 26A is sewn to the back body F2 by use of the sewing portions F3, and the tag portion 26B protrudes to the +X direction side from the sewing portion F3 as shown in <FIG>.

It is thus preferable that the tag portion 26B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted is folded to the back body F2 side toward the base body 26A such that the rear surface of the tag portion 26B faces the rear surface of the base body 26A, and is sewn to the back body F2 using the sewing thread <NUM> as shown in <FIG>.

Since the tag portion 26B is sewn to the back body F2, the connector <NUM> mounted on the tag potion 26B is disposed on the rear surface side of the base body 26A, i.e., on an outer surface of the back body F2 as shown in <FIG>.

According to Embodiment <NUM> described above, the plurality of sensors <NUM> and the plurality of wires <NUM> are disposed on the front surface of the base body 26A of the sheet-like base <NUM>, the connector <NUM> is mounted on the tag portion 26B protruding from the base body 26A to an outside of the base body 26A, and the tag portion 26B is folded to the back body F2 side toward the base body 26A such that the rear surface of the tag portion 26B faces the rear surface of the base body 26A With this constitution, when the user wears the garment C2, the connector <NUM> is situated on the back side of the user and on an outside of the garment C2; it is thus possible to detect, for example, three-dimensional inertial motion using the sensors <NUM> without degrading comfortableness in wearing the garment C2.

In addition, since the folded tag portion 26B is sewn and fixed to the back body F2, even the garment C2 provided with the tag portion 26B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted can be worn without uncomfortable feeling.

In Embodiment <NUM>, the connector assembly is formed in the front body F1 of the garment C2, but this is not the sole case, and the connector assembly can be formed in the back body F2.

In addition, while in Embodiment <NUM>, the plurality of sensors <NUM> and the plurality of wires <NUM> are disposed on the front surface of the base body 26A, it suffices if at least one sensor <NUM> and at least one wire <NUM> are disposed.

<FIG> shows a garment C3 to which a connector assembly according to Embodiment <NUM> is attached. The garment C3 is a so-call bottom such as a pair of pants or a skirt a user wears, and includes a waist portion G1, and an opening portion G2 adjacent to the waist portion G1.

Part of cloth of the garment C3 protrudes in the +Y direction from the opening portion G2 situated at the +Y directional end of the waist portion G1, and a flexible sheet-like base <NUM> is formed of cloth of the garment C3 constituting this protruding portion and the waist portion G1.

The sheet-like base <NUM> includes a base body 31A formed of part corresponding to the waist portion G1 and a tag portion 31B formed of part corresponding to the protruding portion protruding in the +Y direction from the opening portion G2, and the connector <NUM> is mounted on the tag portion 31B.

Although not shown in the drawings, as with Embodiment <NUM>, a plurality of electrodes constituting a terminal member and a plurality of wires connected to the electrodes are disposed on a front surface of the base body 31A of the waist portion G1 facing the user's body when the garment C3 is worn, i.e., on an inner surface of the waist portion G1, and one ends of the wires extend to the tag portion 31B and are connected to the connector <NUM> at the tag portion 31B.

The connector assembly according to Embodiment <NUM> is composed of the sheet-like base <NUM>, the electrodes and the wires disposed on the front surface of the base body 31A, and the connector <NUM> mounted on the tag portion 31B.

The tag portion 31B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted is protruding in the +Y direction from the opening portion G2 of the garment C3 as shown in <FIG>.

Hence, as shown in <FIG>, the tag portion 31B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted is folded to the base body 31A side at the +Y directional end of the opening portion G2, specifically, to the outer surface side of the waist portion G1, and is sewn to the base body 31A as with Embodiment <NUM>.

It is possible also in Embodiment <NUM> to acquire biological information via the electrodes without deteriorating comfortableness in wearing the garment C3, since the electrodes and the wires are disposed on the front surface of the base body 31A of the sheet-like base <NUM>, the connector <NUM> is mounted on the tag portion 31B protruding in the +Y direction from the opening portion G2, and the tag portion 31B is folded toward the base body 31A such that the rear surface of the tag portion 31B faces the rear surface of the base body 31A, whereby the connector <NUM> is disposed on the rear surface side of the base body <NUM>, i.e., on the outer surface side of the waist portion G1.

<FIG> and <FIG> show an electrical device E1 with pads which includes a connector assembly according to Embodiment <NUM>. The electrical device E1 with pads is a device that is directly or indirectly mounted to a user's body with use of an adhesive pad.

The electrical device E1 with pads includes a flexible sheet-like base <NUM> formed of, for example, an insulating resin film and extending along an XY plane. The sheet-like base <NUM> includes a base body 41A extending so as to form an H shape in an XY plane and a tag portion 41B protruding from a center part of the base body 41A toward an outside of the base body 41A in the +X direction.

<FIG> shows a rear surface of the sheet-like base <NUM> as viewed from an outer side of the electrical device E1 with pads mounted on the user's body, i.e., the opposite side from the user's body, and <FIG> shows a front surface of the sheet-like base <NUM> as viewed from an inner side of the electrical device E1 with pads mounted on the user's body, i.e., the user's body side.

As shown in <FIG>, on the front surface of the sheet-like base <NUM>, disposed are a plurality of electrodes <NUM> separately arranged at a plurality of end portions of the base body 41A of H shape, and a plurality of wires <NUM> with one ends thereof being separately connected to the electrodes <NUM> and the other ends thereof extending to the tag portion 41B.

In addition, the connector <NUM> is mounted on a front surface of the tag portion 41B forming a same plane as that of the front surface of the base body 41A. At the tag portion 41B, the other ends of the wires <NUM> are connected to the connector <NUM>.

The connector assembly according to Embodiment <NUM> is composed of the sheet-like base <NUM>, the electrodes <NUM> and the wires <NUM> disposed on the front surface of the base body 41A, and the connector <NUM> mounted on the tag portion 41B.

Each electrode <NUM> constitutes a terminal member and has a pad-like shape, forming an adhesive pad that sticks to, for example, the user's body surface. Specifically, the electrode <NUM> may be configured such that its conductive surface of pad-like shape is adhesive, or a conductor constituting the electrode <NUM> may be embedded in an adhesive pad.

For each wire <NUM>, use can be made of one formed through printing or another method as a conductive layer on a front surface of the sheet-like base <NUM> made of an insulating resin film.

As shown in <FIG>, the other ends of the wires <NUM> disposed on the front surface of the base body 41A extend to the front surface of the tag portion 41B and are separately connected to connecting portions <NUM> disposed on the tag portion 41B. By mounting the connector <NUM> on the tag portion 41B, four contacts <NUM> of the connector <NUM> are separately and electrically connected to the corresponding connecting portion <NUM>.

The tag portion 41B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted is protruding in the +X direction from the center part of the base body 41A toward an outside of the base body 41A as shown in <FIG>.

Thus, the tag portion 41B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted is folded to the outer side of the electrical device E1 with pads toward the base body 41A such that the rear surface of the tag portion 41B faces the rear surface of the base body 41A as shown in <FIG>.

In addition, as with Embodiment <NUM>, the folded tag portion 41B is preferably sewn to or bonded to the base body 41A.

It is possible also in Embodiment <NUM> to attach the electrical device E1 with pads to the user's body without uncomfortable feeling and to acquire biological information, since the electrodes <NUM> and the wires <NUM> are disposed on the front surface of the base body 41A of the sheet-like base <NUM>, the connector <NUM> is mounted on the tag portion 41B protruding in the +X direction from the base body 41A, and the tag portion 41B is folded toward the base body 41A such that the rear surface of the tag portion 41B faces the rear surface of the base body 41A, whereby the connector <NUM> is disposed on the rear surface side of the base body 41A, i.e., on the outer side of the electrical device E1 with pads.

The electrical device E1 with pads is applicable to not only a device that acquires biological information of a user via the electrodes <NUM> but also devices including, for example, a so-called low-frequency therapy device that gives an electrical stimulus to a nerve or a muscle by applying an electric current to a user's body via the electrode <NUM> from a module-side connector (not shown) fitted to the connector <NUM> and a so-called electric muscle stimulation (EMS) device that constrainedly causes muscle movement by applying an electric current to a user's body.

In Embodiment <NUM> described above, the tag portion 21B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted and which is folded is sewn to and thus fixed to the base body 21A as shown in <FIG>, but the method of fixing the tag portion 21B to the base body 21A is not limited thereto.

For instance, as shown in <FIG>, it is possible that a first fixing member <NUM> is disposed on the rear surface side, facing in the -Z direction, of the base body 21A, and a second fixing member <NUM> is disposed on the rear surface, facing in the -Z direction, of the second insulator <NUM> of the connector <NUM> mounted on the tag portion 21B.

The first fixing member <NUM> and the second fixing member <NUM> can be fixed to each other and can be each formed of, for example, a snap button, a hook-and-loop fastener, and a magnet.

As shown in <FIG>, the second fixing member <NUM> of the tag portion 21B that is folded to the rear surface side of the base body 21A is fixed to the first fixing member <NUM> of the base body 21A, whereby the tag portion 21B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted can be fixed to the rear surface side of the base body 21A. By fixing the folded tag portion 21B to the base body 21A in this manner, even the garment C1 provided with the tag portion 21B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted can be worn without uncomfortable feeling.

In addition, as shown in <FIG>, a connector accommodation portion <NUM> of bag-like shape can be disposed on the rear surface side of the base body 21A.

The connector accommodation portion <NUM> is opened on its -X direction side where the tag portion 21B is situated, and has a size allowing the tag portion 21B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted to be accommodated therein.

The connector accommodation portion <NUM> as above can be formed of part of the cloth constituting the garment C1 or of a material different from the cloth of the garment C1.

As shown in <FIG>, the tag portion 21B folded to the rear surface side of the base body 21A is accommodated in the connector accommodation portion <NUM>, whereby the tag portion 21B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted can be fixed to the rear surface side of the base body 21A. By fixing the folded tag portion 21B to the base body 21A in this manner, even the garment C1 provided with the tag portion 21B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted can be worn without uncomfortable feeling.

It is possible also in the garment C2 in Embodiment <NUM> to fix the tag portion 26B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted to the back body F2 by use of the method in Embodiment <NUM> or Embodiment <NUM>.

Moreover, it is possible also in the garment C3 in Embodiment <NUM> to fix the tag portion 31B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted to the rear surface side of the base body 31A, i.e., the outer surface side of the waist portion G1 by use of the method in Embodiment <NUM> or Embodiment <NUM>.

Furthermore, it is possible also in the electrical device E1 with pads in Embodiment <NUM> to fix the tag portion 41B on which the connector <NUM> is mounted to the rear surface side of the base body 41A, i.e., the outer side of the electrical device E1 with pads by use of the method in Embodiment <NUM> or Embodiment <NUM>.

Claim 1:
A connector assembly comprising:
a sheet-like base (<NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>) that is flexible, the sheet-like base including a base body (21A, 26A, 31A, 41A) and a tag portion (21B, 26B, 31B, 41B) drawn from the base body;
at least one terminal member (<NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>) disposed on a front surface of the base body;
at least one wire (<NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>) disposed to extend from the front surface of the base body to a front surface of the tag portion, the at least one wire having one end thereof connected to the at least one terminal member and another end thereof extending to the front surface of the tag portion; and
a connector (<NUM>) mounted on the front surface of the tag portion and connected to the another end of the at least one wire,
wherein the tag portion is folded toward and fixed to the base body such that a rear surface of the tag portion faces a rear surface of the base body, whereby the connector is disposed on the rear surface side of the base body.