Flex flat cable structure and fixing structure of cable connector and flex flat cable

• US 10,559,400 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2017
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Energy Full Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Energy Full Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chin, Hsu-Shen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau N
• Application Number:
  US15/420,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20180166814A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: 174117 F, 174 36, 439660
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 7/0823 Parallel wires, incorporated in a flat insulating profile
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 7/0861 comprising one or more screens
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/62 connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/77 for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/65914 Connection of shield to additional grounding conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/03 Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable , e.g. tapping connections

Abstract

A flex flat cable structure includes metallic transmission lines having a power line and signal lines, first insulating jackets, a second insulating jacket, a third insulating jacket, and a shield layer. Each of the first insulating jackets encloses one of the metallic transmission lines. The second insulating jacket surrounds the first insulating jackets. The third insulating jacket encloses the first insulating jackets, and the second insulating jacket encloses the third insulating jacket. The shield layer is used to isolate the second insulating jacket from the third insulating jacket. The shield layer includes an insulating film, a first block layer, and a second block layer.

Claims

1. A flex flat cable (FFC) electrical connector fix structure, comprising:

an electrical connector, comprising;

a housing;

a spacer, assembled onto the housing, and comprising a plurality of containing recesses;

a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising a plurality of conductive portions and a plurality of connecting portions, and the plurality of conductive portions being electrically connected to the plurality of corresponding connecting portions respectively;

a plurality of terminals, one end of the plurality of terminals passing through the containing recess and being connected to the plurality of connecting portions; and

a shell, assembled onto the housing; and

an FFC structure, comprising;

a plurality of metallic transmission lines, being arranged parallel, and comprising one or more power line and a plurality of signal lines;

the power line being configured to transmit power;

the plurality of signal lines being configured to transmit a data signal;

a plurality of first insulating jackets, each of the plurality of first insulating jackets enclosing one of the plurality of metallic transmission lines;

a second insulating jacket, surrounding the plurality of first insulating jackets;

a third insulating jacket, enclosing the plurality of first insulating jackets without any gap, and the second insulating jacket enclosing the third insulating jacket; and

a shield layer, configured to isolate the second insulating jacket from the third insulating jacket, comprising;

an insulating film, comprising a first side and a second side, and the first side and the second side being on opposite sides of the insulating film;

a first block layer, adhering to the first side of the insulating film; and

a second block layer, adhering to and contacting the first block layer,

wherein the first block layer and the second block layer are made of different materials,

wherein all of the plurality of metallic transmission wires are respectively connected to all of the plurality of conductive portions on one surface of the PCB,

wherein the printed circuit board is between the FFC structure and the spacer.