Patent · US Expired

Electrical component housing structures and their method of manufacture

US6700074B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

9Claims

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Assignee

CHERRY GMBH · DE

Inventors

Kurt Michel · Pegnitz, DE
Stefan Ehmann · Nuremberg, DE
Roland Friedl · Zwingenberg, DE
Gunter Bauer · Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 2001
Grant date	Mar 2, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2203/167
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a carrier housing assembly holding a flexible foil having conductive tracks in which the housing assembly has a plurality of parts each having a respective securing mechanism, the securing mechanisms being mutually engageable to provide a predetermined spatial relationship between the part, thereby providing the flexible foil with a predetermined spatial arrangement. The housing assembly is particularly relevant to component housing assemblies where electrical components are held in place and connected to connecter pins via the flexible foil. In a further aspect of the invention, there is provided methods for manufacturing a foil carrier housing assembly out of a flexible foil comprising conductive tracks at least one electrical component, at least one electrical contact element, at least one component housing and a carrier housing.

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