Electrostatic surge prevention structure

• US 10,559,955 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2015
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Inventors: Morita, Shinji, Toshimori, Sachiko, Kaneko, Yuichi, Adachi, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thienvu V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Clark, Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US15/317,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20170141566A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,720 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/42 Circuit board features
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/02 electric constitutive elements
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 9/045 adapted to a particular application and not provided for elsewhere
• CPC Class Codes: H05F 3/02 by means of earthing connections
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/028 Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits H05K1/0283 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/147 at least one of the printed circuits being bent or folded, e.g. by using a flexible printed circuit H05K1/148 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/00 Screening of apparatus or components against electric or magnetic fields devices for absorbing radiation from an antenna H01Q17/00

Abstract

There is provided an electrostatic surge prevention structure capable of improving resistance against electrostatic surge, reducing costs and processes, and saving spaces. A flexible printed circuit board 31 connected to a control printed circuit board contained in a front casing 22 is provided at a position corresponding to a gap 41, between the front casing 22 and a touch panel assembly 21, appearing in a display device 12, the flexible printed circuit board 31 has two layers of conductor parts 43 and 44, surfaces of these conductor parts 43 and 44 are covered with insulative coats 46 and 47, an exposed part 44A (or coating part 51 by plating as the exposed part) through which the conductor part 44 is externally exposed is formed at a portion opposing the gap 41 by peeling off the insulative coat 47, and the conductor part 44 having the exposed part 44A (or coating part 51) is grounded.

Claims

1. An electrostatic surge prevention structure comprising:

a flexible printed circuit board connected to a circuit board contained in an electronic device is provided at a position corresponding to a gap, between two members, open to an exterior of the electronic device, appearing in the electronic device, wherein

the flexible printed circuit board has a base material, a first conductor part, and a second conductor part which are laminated in a thickness direction of the flexible printed circuit board,

the first conductor part forms a layer on one surface side of the base material, the second conductor part forms a layer on another surface side of the base material, and the base material forms a layer between the first conductor part and the second conductor part,

surfaces of the first conductor part and the second conductor part, which are an opposite surface side to the base material, are covered with insulative coats,

the first conductor part has an exposed part, in which the first conductor part is not covered with the insulative coat, to be grounded, and the second conductor part is a signal line allowing a signal,

in the flexible printed circuit board, the first conductor part is directed toward the gap and a width direction of the first conductor part is arranged along a direction of the gap with the exposed part formed at a portion facing the gap, and

the exposed part of the first conductor part is formed along the direction of the gap extending in a strip shape across a width of the flexible printed circuit board.

2. The electrostatic surge prevention structure according to claim 1, wherein the exposed part is provided at a position closer to the gap than a connecting part provided in an end part of the flexible printed circuit board.

3. The electrostatic surge prevention structure according to claim 1, wherein the exposed part undergoes plating with conductivity.

4. The electrostatic surge prevention structure according to claim 1, wherein

the two members are constituted of a front casing constituting a front part of the electronic device for being implemented in a vehicle, and a touch panel attached to the front casing, and

the flexible printed circuit board connects the touch panel to a touch panel control circuit provided in the circuit board.