IP Library Granted Patent US 9,888,583
Granted Patent B2
US 9,888,583 · App. 14/815,413 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Flexible printed circuit board

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Patent No.
US 9,888,583
App. No.
14/815,413
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board includes: a flexible insulation layer having a first surface and a second surface; a first land which is conductive and which is provided on the first surface of the flexible insulation layer; and a conductive member which is provided on the second surface of the flexible insulation layer. A recess is formed on the first land.

Claims (31)

1. A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

an insulation layer which has a first surface and a second surface, and in which a through hole connecting the first surface and the second surface is formed;

a metallic first land provided around an opening, on the first surface of the insulation layer, defined by the through hole;

a metallic second land provided around an opening, on the second surface of the insulation layer, defined by the through hole; and

a metallic connecting portion provided in the through hole to connect the metallic first land and the metallic second land,

wherein a channel which connects the through hole and an outside of the metallic first land is formed at a position lower than a top of the metallic first land, and

the metallic first land is a disk-shaped member which covers the through hole, and the channel is a slit which extends in a radial direction of the disk shaped member and which divides the disk-shaped member into two parts.

2. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board is a flexible printed circuit board to be soldered to a counterpart electrode with a heater, the top of the metallic first land is a contact surface to which a heating surface of the heater is brought into contact, and in a case that the heating surface of the heater is in contact with the contact surface of the metallic first land, an air in the through hole is released to the outside of the metallic first land through the channel.

3. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein a solder escape portion is provided on a wiring connected to the metallic second land.

4. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the metallic first land in which the channel is formed includes a plurality of lands disposed in a zigzag pattern.

5. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the metallic connecting portion is provided on an entire inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

6. A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

an insulation layer which has a first surface and a second surface, and in which a through hole connecting the first surface and the second surface is formed;

a metallic first land provided around an opening, on the first surface of the insulation layer, defined by the through hole;

a metallic second land provided around an opening, on the second surface of the insulation layer, defined by the through hole; and

a metallic connecting portion provided in the through hole to connect the metallic first land and the metallic second land,

wherein a channel which connects the through hole and an outside of the metallic first land is formed at a position lower than a top of the metallic first land, and

the flexible printed circuit board is a flexible printed circuit board to be soldered to a counterpart electrode with a heater, the top of the metallic first land is a contact surface to which a heating surface of the heater is brought into contact, and in a case that the heating surface of the heater is in contact with the contact surface of the metallic first land, an air in the through hole is released to the outside of the metallic first land through the channel.

7. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 6 , wherein the metallic connecting portion is provided on an entire inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

8. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 6 , wherein a solder escape portion is provided on a wiring connected to the metallic second land.

9. A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

an insulation layer which has a first surface and a second surface, and in which a through hole connecting the first surface and the second surface is formed;

a metallic first land provided around an opening, on the first surface of the insulation layer, defined by the through hole;

a metallic second land provided around an opening, on the second surface of the insulation layer, defined by the through hole; and

a metallic connecting portion provided in the through hole to connect the metallic first land and the metallic second land,

wherein a channel which connects the through hole and an outside of the metallic first land is formed at a position lower than a top of the metallic first land,

the metallic first land in which the channel is formed includes a plurality of lands disposed in a zigzag pattern,

the channels of the lands are formed as grooves, and

two lines respectively extending along longitudinal directions of the grooves of two adjacent lands do not overlap with each other.

10. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the metallic connecting portion is provided on an entire inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

11. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein a solder escape portion is provided on a wiring connected to the metallic second land.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: INAMORI, DOHAKU; KASHINO, TAKASHI
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036231/0206 →