Patent ID: 7258423

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head recording on a recording medium; a drive circuit board sending out a signal for driving the recording head; and a pair of flexible circuit boards, each of which has a flexible strip-like insulator and a plurality of conductors arranged on the strip-like insulator, the pair of flexible circuit boards transmitting the signal from the drive circuit board to the recording head; wherein the recording head has a pair of opposing connecting portions for receiving the signal; the drive circuit board has a pair of connecting portions situated substantially at a right angle with respect to planes containing the connecting portions of the recording head, the pair of connecting portions being connected to the pair of flexible circuit boards; and the pair of flexible circuit boards are paired with the connecting portions of the recording head, respectively, connecting portions of the pair of flexible circuit boards connected to the connecting portions of the recording head are opposed to each other, and each of the pair of flexible circuit boards includes a first portion that is bent substantially at a right angle with respect to the longitudinal direction between the recording head and the drive circuit board and a second portion that is folded back by 180 degrees such that the first portion lies flat against the second portion.