Connection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016352031-A1
Application number	US-201615163066-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	May 28, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A connection device includes a first flexible substrate having a convex first surface and a concave second surface, a plurality of first terminals provided on the second surface and arranged in the bending direction of the second surface, a second flexible substrate having a convex third surface and a concave fourth surface, and a plurality of second terminals provided on the third surface and arranged in the bending direction of the third surface, and connects the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals to each other with the second surface and the fourth surface opposed to each other. When the second surface and the third surface are flattened, the pitch of two of the plurality of first terminals is larger than the pitch of two of the plurality of second terminals that are connected to the two first terminals.

First claim

1 . A connection device comprising:
a first flexible substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the first flexible substrate being bent such that the second surface is concave; a second flexible substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface, the second flexible substrate being bent such that the third surface is convex, the third surface facing the second surface; a plurality of first terminals provided on the second surface and arranged in a row with a first pitch; and a plurality of second terminals provided on the third surface and arranged in a row with a second pitch, each of the first terminals being connected to corresponding one of the second terminals, wherein at least one interval of the first pitch between adjacent two of the plurality of first terminals is greater than an interval of the second pitch between corresponding two of the second terminals connected to the adjacent two first terminals, when the second and third surfaces are in a flat state and the intervals of the first and second pitches are measured in a bending direction of the first and second flexible substrates, respectively.

2 . The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pitch of the first terminals disposed in a region of the second surface having a greater curvature is greater than the first pitch of the first terminals disposed in a region of the second surface having a smaller curvature, when the first pitch is measured on the second surface in the flat state.

3 . The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the second pitch of the second terminals disposed in a region of the third surface having a greater curvature smaller than the second pitch of the second terminals disposed in a region of the third surface having a smaller curvature, when the second pitch is measured on the third surface in the flat state.

4 . The connection device according to claim 1 , the first pitch of the first terminals disposed in a central portion of the row is greater than the first pitch of the first terminals disposed in both end portions of the row, when the first pitch is measured on the second surface of in the flat state.

5 . The connection device according to claim 1 , the second pitch of the second terminals disposed in a central portion of the row is smaller than the second pitch of the second terminals disposed in both end portions of the row, when the second pitch is measured on the third surface in the flat state.

6 . A connection device comprising:
a first flexible substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the first flexible substrate being bent such that the second surface is concave; a second flexible substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface, the second flexible substrate being bent such that the third surface is convex, the third surface facing the second surface; at least one first terminal provided on the second surface; and at least one second terminal provided on the third surface, the first terminal and the second terminal are connected to each other; wherein a first length of the first terminal in a bending direction of the first flexible substrate is greater than a second length of the second terminal in a bending direction of the second flexible substrate, when the first and second lengths are measured on the second and third surfaces, respectively, in a flat state thereof.

7 . The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals are connected with anisotropic conductive adhesive.

8 . The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first flexible substrate is a touch sensor substrate, and the second flexible substrate is a flexible wiring substrate.

9 . The connection device according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one first terminals and the at least one second terminal are connected with anisotropic conductive adhesive.

10 . The connection device according to claim 6 , wherein the first flexible substrate is a touch sensor substrate, and the second flexible substrate is a flexible wiring substrate.

Assignees

• Alps Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ito Takayuki

Classifications

• H01R4/04

  using electrically conductive adhesives · CPC title

• H01R12/78 Primary

  connecting to other flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures · CPC title

• H05K1/189

  characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits · CPC title

• H05K1/147

  at least one of the printed circuits being bent or folded, e.g. by using a flexible printed circuit (H05K1/148 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K2201/094

  Array of pads or lands differing from one another, e.g. in size, pitch or thickness; Using different connections on the pads · CPC title