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Printed circuit board

US8599566B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Froehlich · Ottikon, CH
Jochen Mehl · Holzgerlingen, DE
Christian Johann · Reutlingen, DE
Matthias Roder · Hamburg, DE
Franco Marcori · Gemona del Friuli, IT
Alain Bosero · Gemona del Friuli, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2010
Grant date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 25, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2203/302
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a printed circuit board having an insulating support layer and a layer of conductive material applied thereto. In order to increase the flexibility of the printed circuit board, it is proposed that material from the support layer have been removed at at least one point on the printed circuit board on a side of the support layer which is opposite the layer of conductive material in order to form a straight groove which extends from one side of the printed circuit board to another side of the printed circuit board, so that the printed circuit board can be bent along the groove, wherein the material of the support layer which has remained in the region of the groove and/or the layer of conductive material in the region of the groove form(s) a bending edge.

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