Patent ID: 8785783

Claim:
A protective cover ( 1 ) for the protected mounting of a flexible printed circuit board ( 14 ) having a flexible carrier film ( 20 ) and a reinforcing plate ( 19 ) that reinforces at least a portion of the flexible carrier film, said protective cover comprising a protective unit ( 2 ; 30 ; 35 ) adapted to cover a selected surface ( 21 ) of the flexible printed circuit board ( 14 ), and an accommodation unit ( 3 ; 31 ; 38 ) adapted to securely accommodate the reinforcing plate ( 19 ) of the flexible printed circuit board ( 14 ) and connect the reinforcing plate with the protective cover ( 1 ), wherein the protective unit ( 2 ; 30 ; 35 ) is configured as a frame such that the selected surface ( 21 ) of the flexible printed circuit board ( 14 ) is accessible through an opening of the frame, wherein the protective cover ( 1 ) is connected to the reinforcing plate by the accommodation unit in a detachable manner, wherein the accommodation unit ( 3 ; 31 ; 38 ) sectionally encloses all edges of the reinforcing plate ( 19 ), and wherein the accommodation unit ( 3 ) comprises multiple side walls having latching projections ( 13 ) for latching onto a back surface of the reinforcing plate ( 19 ) opposite the flexible carrier film, wherein the latching projections ( 13 ) each have inclined portions on opposite edges thereof forming insertion slopes ( 15 ) and removal slopes ( 16 ) along which the flexible printed circuit board slides to deflect the side walls outwardly during insertion of the flexible printed circuit board into and removal of the flexible printed circuit board from an accommodation space of the protective cover.