Patent ID: RE39569

Claim:
A head drum assembly for a tape recorder, comprising: a stationary drum fixed on a main base of a deck and having a through-hole formed in a bottom thereof; a rotary drum having a magnetic head and being rotatably installed on said stationary drum by a rotation shaft; a flexible printed circuit disposed inside the stationary drum and having one end electrically connected to rotary transformers respectively mounted to the rotary drum and the stationary drum, for transmitting an information signal read by said magnetic head to a main printed circuit board (PCB) which is located outside the stationary drum; and a first connector coupled to an opposite end of said flexible printed circuit for electrically connecting said flexible printed circuit to the main PCB, wherein said first connector has a first end portion which is electrically connected to the opposite end of the flexible printed circuit and which is inserted into and fittingly coupled to said through-hole so as to extend directly downward via said through-hole, and a second end portion which extends beyond said through-hole and is electrically connected to a second connector mounted to the main PCB.