Flexible printed circuit boards and related methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10212809-B2
Application number	US-201715782269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2017
Priority date	Oct 12, 2016
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

Flexible printed circuit boards and related methods are disclosed herein. An example printed circuit board includes a controller interface coupled to a surface of the printed circuit board between a first end of the printed circuit board and a second end of the printed circuit board. The example printed circuit board includes a connector coupled to the surface proximate to the first end. The example printed circuit board includes a notch formed between the controller interface and the connector. The notch is to form a narrowed portion of the printed circuit board to enable the printed circuit board to bend at the narrowed portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printed circuit board comprising:
a controller interface coupled to a surface of the printed circuit board between a first end of the printed circuit board and a second end of the printed circuit board; and
a connector coupled to the surface proximate to the first end, the printed circuit board including a notch intervening between the controller interface and the connector, the notch to form a narrowed portion of the printed circuit board to enable the printed circuit board to bend at the narrowed portion.

2. The printed circuit board of claim 1 , further including a trace formed the surface of the printed circuit board, at least a portion of the trace to be disposed in the narrowed portion.

3. The printed circuit board of claim 2 , wherein the connector includes an electrical pin connector, the trace to extend from the controller interface to the electrical pin connector via the narrowed portion.

4. The printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the narrowed portion is a first narrowed portion and the printed circuit board further includes a second narrowed portion, the first narrowed portion disposed proximate to the first end and the second narrowed portion disposed proximate to the second end.

5. The printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the notch is a first notch and further including a second notch formed between the controller interface and the connector, the first notch and the second notch to form the narrowed portion.

6. The printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein a width of the narrowed portion is less than a width of a first portion of the surface including the controller interface and a width of a second portion of the surface including the connector.

7. An apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a printed circuit board disposed in the housing;
a controller to be coupled to a first portion of the printed circuit board; and
a motor to be coupled to a second portion of the printed circuit, the printed circuit board including a first notch and second notch to form a third portion of the printed circuit board, the third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion to bend in response to stress on the second portion from the motor.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a width of the third portion is less than a width of the first portion and the second portion.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the housing includes an opening defined therein, the opening to receive at least a portion of the motor.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the printed circuit board includes an electrical pin connector, the motor to be coupled to the electrical pin connector via the opening.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the printed circuit board is substantially enclosed by the housing when the motor is coupled to the electrical pin connector.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the motor is a first motor and further including a second motor to be coupled to a fourth portion of the printed circuit board.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the printed circuit board further includes a third notch and a fourth notch to form a fifth portion of the printed circuit board, the fifth portion to bend in response to stress on the fourth portion from the second motor.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a width of the fifth portion is less than the first portion, the second portion, and the fourth portion.

15. The apparatus of claim 7 , further including a collar coupled to the printed circuit board.

16. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the printed circuit board includes a trace, the trace to communicatively couple the controller to the motor via the third portion.

17. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the motor is to be coupled to a rotor.

18. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the housing is to be coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Oberndorfer Fabian
• Doth Klaus
• Lustig Raffael
• Zelhorst Jan Nicolaas

Classifications

• B64C25/00

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• B64C39/024

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