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US 10,868,382 · App. 16/390,524 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Printed circuit board and image forming apparatus having printed circuit board

Inventors: Keisuke Nakano (Suntou-gun, JP); Satoru Koyama (Mishima, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H01R12/79G03G15/80H01B7/08H05K1/147
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Patent No.
US 10,868,382
App. No.
16/390,524
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is a printed circuit board on which a connector to connect with a flexible flat cable or a flexible printed circuit board is mounted. The printed circuit board including a receiving port at which the connector receives the flexible flat cable or the flexible printed circuit board; and an opening that is disposed between an end of the printed circuit board facing the receiving port of the connector and a position corresponding to at least one of end portions of the receiving port.

Claims (28)

1. A printed circuit board on which a connector to connect with a flexible flat cable or a flexible printed circuit board is mounted, comprising:

an opening that is disposed between an end of the printed circuit board and a position at which the connector is mounted,

wherein, in a state where the flexible flat cable or the flexible printed circuit board is connected to the connector, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the printed circuit board, the opening is disposed at a position corresponding to a position on a second line indicating an end of the flexible flat cable or the flexible printed circuit board, the second line crossing a first line indicating the end of the printed circuit board.

2. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the opening extends in a direction along the second line.

3. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board has a plurality of the openings formed side by side in a direction along the second line.

4. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the printed circuit board, another opening different from the opening is disposed at a position corresponding to a third line indicating another end of the flexible flat cable, the third line being parallel to the second line indicating the end of the flexible flat cable in a state where the cable is connected to the connector.

5. The printed circuit board according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of openings is of the same size.

6. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 ,

wherein another connector different from the connector is mounted to a corresponding position on a surface opposite to a surface on which the connector is mounted and

wherein a width of the other connector is smaller than a width of the connector.

7. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is a hole formed in the region between the connector and the end of the printed circuit board facing the connector.

8. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is a cutout formed at the end of the printed circuit board facing the connector.

9. A printed circuit board on which a connector to connect with a flexible flat cable or a flexible printed circuit board is mounted, comprising:

a connection portion through which the connector is connected to the printed circuit board;

a receiving port at which the connector receives the flexible flat cable or the flexible printed circuit board, the receiving port being disposed closer to an end of the printed circuit board than the connection portion is, and

an opening disposed at a position corresponding to a position of the receiving port on the printed circuit board, the opening being disposed closer to the end of the printed circuit board than the connection portion is.

10. The printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the opening extends along a longitudinal direction of the receiving port of the connector.

11. The printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the printed circuit board has a plurality of the openings formed along the longitudinal direction of the receiving port of the connector.

12. The printed circuit board according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of the openings are of the same size.

13. The printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the opening is a cutout formed at the end of the printed circuit board facing the receiving port of the connector.

14. The printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the opening is different from an opening through which a pin extending from the connector passes.

15. An image forming apparatus having a printed circuit board on which a connector to connect with a flexible flat cable or a flexible printed circuit board is mounted, comprising:

an opening that is disposed between an end of the printed circuit board and a position at which the connector is mounted,

wherein, in a state where the flexible flat cable or the flexible printed circuit board is connected to the connector, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the printed circuit board, the opening is disposed at a position corresponding to a position on a second line indicating an end of the flexible flat cable or the flexible printed circuit board, the second line crossing a first line indicating the end of the printed circuit board.

16. An image forming apparatus having a printed circuit board on which a connector to connect with a flexible flat cable or a flexible printed circuit board is mounted, comprising:

a connection portion through which the connector is connected to the printed circuit board;

a receiving port at which the connector receives the flexible flat cable or the flexible printed circuit board, the receiving port being disposed closer to an end portion of the printed circuit board than the connection portion is, and

an opening disposed at a position corresponding to a position of the receiving port on the printed circuit board, the opening disposed closer to the end of the printed circuit board than the connection portion is.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2019
From: NAKANO, KEISUKE; KOYAMA, SATORU
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (3)
JP 2018-087528 · Apr 27, 2018 · national
JP 2018-203275 · Oct 29, 2018 · national
JP 2019-034904 · Feb 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190334268A1 · Oct 31, 2019