Patent ID: 7037114

Claim:
An electrical case and flexible circuit connection system comprising a connector comprising a female mechanical housing of the connector, the female mechanical housing comprising two edges or channels having a distance between the edges or channels; an electrical case comprising a cavity for holding electronic components, at least one electrical connector lead and the female mechanical housing of the connector; and a flexible circuit with two edges, and a top and a bottom surface comprising a flexible base material with a top and a bottom surface and at least one flexible electrical pathways on either the top or bottom surface of the base material; wherein an area of the flexible circuit, having a width between the two flexible circuit edges, functions as a male mechanical housing and is held by the female mechanical housing of the connector, the flexible circuit functions both as the male mechanical housing of the connector and as a bias to hold the at least one electrical pathway in contact with the at least one electrical lead, and the distance between the two edges or channels of the female mechanical housing is shorter than the width between the two flexible circuit edges in the area.