IP Library Granted Patent US 8,220,148
Granted Patent B2
US 8,220,148 · App. 12/374,118 · Granted Jul 17, 2012

Method for producing a flexible conductor carrier and arrangement comprising the flexible conductor carrier

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,220,148
App. No.
12/374,118
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a first flexible conductor carrier includes applying at least one conductor track to a base insulating film. A covering layer is applied to the conductor track and the base insulating film in such a way that, in at least one conduction region of the first flexible conductor carrier, the conductor track is completely enclosed by the covering layer and the base insulating film. The base insulating film is free of the conductor track and the covering layer in at least one insulating region. The conductor track is free of the covering layer in at least one contact region of the first flexible conductor carrier.

Claims (15)

1. A method for producing a first flexible conductor carrier, the method comprising the following steps:

applying at least one conductor track to a surface of a base insulating film and applying a covering layer to the conductor track and to the surface of the base insulating film to provide:

at least one conduction region of the first flexible conductor carrier in which the conductor track is completely enclosed by the covering layer and the base insulating film;

at least one insulating region in which the surface of the base insulating film is free of the conductor track and the covering layer; and

at least one contact region of the first flexible conductor carrier in which the surface of the conductor track is free of the covering layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises applying the covering layer in at least one sealing region to provide the first flexible conductor carrier with the same thickness in the sealing region as in the conduction region with the conductor track.

3. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises forming the covering layer by using screen printing processes.

4. An assembly, comprising:

the first flexible conductor carrier produced by the method according to claim 1 ;

a baseplate on which the base insulating film is disposed with the covering layer facing away from the baseplate; and

a sealing body sealing off a section of the first flexible conductor carrier from the surroundings, the section including the contact region, and the sealing body being formed and disposed with an edge of the sealing body connected to the first flexible conductor carrier only in the sealing region of the first flexible conductor carrier.

5. The assembly according to claim 4 , which further comprises:

a second flexible conductor carrier produced by the method according to claim 1 and disposed on the baseplate next to the first flexible conductor carrier;

the sealing region extending at least partially over the baseplate and the second flexible conductor carrier, with the covering layer having the same elevation in the sealing region relative to the baseplate as in the conduction region.

6. The assembly according to claim 4 , which further comprises a seal formed between the edge of the sealing body and the sealing region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053395/0584 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2011
From: FISCHER, GEORG; LOIBL, JOSEF; SMIRRA, KARL
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 027462/0394 →