A method for manufacturing a flexible connector comprising: providing a planar substrate , which is a multilayer substrate , having transversely spaced top and bottom substrate surfaces ; defining first and second board-facing areas longitudinally spaced from each other on a selected one of the top and bottom substrate surfaces ; providing a planar opposing substrate having transversely spaced top and bottom opposing substrate surfaces ; attaching the substrate and opposing substrate together to at least partially form a unitary connector block including a block body with the first and second board-facing areas on an outward-facing surface thereof; depositing a conductive material to generate a first connector port located within the first board-facing area ; depositing a conductive material to generate a second connector port located within the second board-facing area ; depositing a conductive material on a surface of the substrate to generate a connector trace extending through at least a portion of the block body between the first and second board-facing areas ; electrically connecting the first and second connector ports with the connector trace , whereby a conducting trace is also provided as buried trace in the substrate ; selectively reducing a thickness of one of the substrate and opposing substrate surfaces to define a flexible connector bridge longitudinally interposed between the first and second board-facing areas , where the connector bridge and the first and second board-facing areas are made from the same material; and facilitating relative angular motion of the first and second board-facing areas with the connector bridge . providing a planar substrate , which is a multilayer substrate , having transversely spaced top and bottom substrate surfaces ; defining first and second board-facing areas longitudinally spaced from each other on a selected one of the top and bottom substrate surfaces ; providing a planar opposing substrate having transversely spaced top and bottom opposing substrate surfaces ; attaching the substrate and opposing substrate together to at least partially form a unitary connector block including a block body with the first and second board-facing areas on an outward-facing surface thereof; depositing a conductive material to generate a first connector port located within the first board-facing area ; depositing a conductive material to generate a second connector port located within the second board-facing area ; depositing a conductive material on a surface of the substrate to generate a connector trace extending through at least a portion of the block body between the first and second board-facing areas ; electrically connecting the first and second connector ports with the connector trace , whereby a conducting trace is also provided as buried trace in the substrate ; selectively reducing a thickness of one of the substrate and opposing substrate surfaces to define a flexible connector bridge longitudinally interposed between the first and second board-facing areas , where the connector bridge and the first and second board-facing areas are made from the same material; and facilitating relative angular motion of the first and second board-facing areas with the connector bridge . <EOS>