IP Library Granted Patent US 12,342,459
Granted Patent B2
US 12,342,459 · App. 18/177,000 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Flexible printed wiring board and electric wiring

Inventors: Shunsuke Aoyama (Tokyo, JP); Masanori Hirata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MEKTEC CORPORATION
H05K1/118H01R12/61H01R12/62H01R12/63H01R35/025H05K2201/09536H05K2201/09609H05K2201/09618H05K2201/09672
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Patent No.
US 12,342,459
App. No.
18/177,000
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a flexible printed wiring board including: a base film which is an insulating layer; a first conductor layer; a second conductor layer; and a through-hole, in which the first conductor layer is provided on one surface of the base film, the second conductor layer is provided on the other surface of the base film, and the through-hole is provided so as to penetrate the base film and electrically connect the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer to each other, and the second conductor layer has a solderable region.

Claims (33)

1. A flexible printed wiring board comprising:

a base film which is an insulating layer;

a first conductor layer;

a second conductor layer; and

a through-hole,

wherein the first conductor layer is provided on one surface of the base film, the second conductor layer is provided on the other surface of the base film, and

the through-hole is provided so as to penetrate the first conductor layer, the base film, and the second conductor layer,

a metal plating is continuously disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole, a horizontal surface of the first conductor layer opposite to the base film side, and a horizontal surface of the second conductor layer opposite to the base film side,

the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are electrically connected by the metal plating disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the through-hole, and

the second conductor layer has a solderable region.

2. The flexible printed wiring board according to claim 1 , wherein

a distance between an inner end portion of the solderable region in the flexible printed wiring board and an end portion of the through-hole closest to the end portion of the solderable region is 20 mm or less.

3. The flexible printed wiring board according to claim 1 , wherein

a width of a portion of the first conductor layer in a vicinity of a portion connected to the through-hole is partially narrower than those of other portions of the first conductor layer.

4. An electric wiring comprising:

a plurality of the flexible printed wiring boards according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second conductor layers of the flexible printed wiring boards are electrically connected to each other by soldering.

5. An electric wiring comprising:

a plurality of the flexible printed wiring boards according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second conductor layers of the flexible printed wiring boards are electrically connected to each other by soldering.

6. An electric wiring comprising:

a plurality of the flexible printed wiring boards according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second conductor layers of the flexible printed wiring boards are electrically connected to each other by soldering.

7. The flexible printed wiring board according to claim 1 , the flexible printed wiring board further comprising:

a first adhesive layer; and

a second adhesive layer,

wherein the first adhesive layer is provided on the metal plating formed on the first conductor layer and is provided so as to cover an opening of the through-hole on a side with the first conductor layer,

the second adhesive layer is provided on the metal plating formed on the second conductor layer in a region other than the solderable region and is provided so as to cover an opening of the through-hole on a side with second conductor layer, and

the through-hole extends from a surface of the first adhesive layer on the side of the first conductor layer to a surface of the second adhesive layer on the side of the second conductor layer when viewed in cross-section.

8. The flexible printed wiring board according to claim 7 , the flexible printed wiring board further comprising:

a first cover layer; and

a second cover layer,

wherein the first cover layer is provided on the first adhesive layer, the second cover layer is provided on the second adhesive layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2024
From: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
To: MEKTEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069464/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2023
From: AOYAMA, SHUNSUKE; HIRATA, MASANORI
To: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062847/0272 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-073363 · Apr 27, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230354522A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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