Electrical connection assembly for interconnecting a flexible circuit and another circuit means.

摘要

The assembly comprises one or more flat flexible cables (52, 54) connected to a standard and widely used printed circuit board edge connector (22). The connection includes a substantially rigid flexible circuit structure having a carrier (50) of flat planar configuration with opposed surfaces (58, 60). A flexible circuit such as (52) is adhesively bonded to at least one surface (58, 60) with conductive traces (82) of the circuit exposed. Electrical connections are made to the traces (82) by inserting the carrier (50) with attached flexible circuits (52, 54) into connector (22) having a housing (24) supporting a plurality of terminals (26) with contact portions in a linear array engageable with the exposed conductive traces (82) of the flexible circuit(s).