Patent ID: 7384272

Claim:
A flexible printed circuit board assembly, comprising: a flexible printed circuit board having a plurality of circuit patterns and an end; a connector mounted on a top surface of the flexible printed circuit board so that the connector is spaced apart from the end of the flexible printed circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit patterns; and a stiffener attached to a region on a bottom surface of the flexible printed circuit board below the connector and having a size corresponding to that of the connector, wherein a connector outside portion of the flexible printed circuit board comprises a portion of the flexible printed circuit board located between the end of the flexible printed circuit board and the connector, and a connector inside portion comprises a portion of the flexible printed circuit board located on the opposite side of the connector from the connector outside portion, and at least one of the connector outside portion and the connector inside portion is bent around the stiffener so that the stiffener is located between at least one of the connector inside portion and the connector outside portion of the flexible printed circuit board and the connector.