A coupling device for coupling a plurality of cable units to a component carrier includes a base plate that is flat in at least one plane. A connecting device is disposed on a first side of the base plate and is configured to mechanically couple the base plate to the component carrier. An opening extends through the base plate for each cable end of a plurality of cable ends of the cable units. The opening in each case is disposed on the base plate at a position corresponding to the respective cable unit.

Provided is a circuit board supporting structure capable of easily detaching a circuit board on a base. The circuit board supporting structure is configured to support a circuit board on a base, in which the base has a concave portion formed in a placement surface of the circuit board, and a rotational operation member configured to be rotatably accommodated in the concave portion and extend and retract in a direction perpendicular to the placement surface by a rotational operation, in which the circuit board has a through hole formed at a position corresponding to the concave portion, in which the rotational operation member has a reference surface formed approximately in parallel with the placement surface, and an operation portion formed on a rotational axis of the rotational operation member so as to be exposed from the through hole.

An electrical assembly that includes a substrate having an aperture. A flat conductor is mounted to the substrate and extends over at least a portion of the aperture, with a ring terminal in contact with the flat conductor adjacent to the aperture. A lead wire connects to the ring terminal and is spaced from the substrate, and a fastener extends through the ring terminal and flat conductor, secured in the aperture, and securing the ring terminal against the flat conductor.

A lighting fixture, including a bus printed circuit board that receives power from an external source, may be configured with programmable drivers. The bus printed circuit board has mechanical features for receiving the programmable drivers to mechanically mount the programmable driver to the bus printed circuit board. Each programmable driver may have a set of spring contacts positioned to engage exposed pads of the bus printed circuit board when the programmable driver is mounted to the bus printed circuit board, to supply power to the programmable driver. The lighting fixture further includes one or more light sources driven by the programmable drivers.

A vehicle luminaire includes: a board having a plate shape and including a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and at least one coupling portion penetrating between the first surface and the second surface; a light-emitting element provided on the first surface of the board; and a connecting portion having a plate shape, including a convex portion provided inside each coupling portion on one end portion side, and extending in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface. A tip portion of the convex portion may protrude from the first surface of the board. A distance between the tip portion of the convex portion and the first surface of the board may be larger than a distance between a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element and the first surface of the board.

In an embodiment, an electronic device may include a housing including a hinge module, a first housing, and second housing. The first and second housings are rotatably coupled to each other via the hinge module to be in a folded state or an unfolded state. The electronic device may further include a flexible display, at least one conductive pattern disposed in the first housing, at least one conductor disposed at a position in the second housing corresponding to the at least one conductive pattern such that the at least one conductor is capacitively coupled to the conductive pattern when the electronic device is in the folded state, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the at least one conductive pattern in the first housing. Other embodiments are also possible.

Methods are provided for manufacturing flat devices to be used for forming a shape-retaining non-flat device by deformation of the flat device. Based on the layout of a non-flat device, a layout of a flat device is designed. A method for designing the layout of such a flat device is provided, wherein the method includes inserting mechanical interconnections between pairs of elements to define the position of the elements on a surface of the non-flat device, thus leaving zero or less degrees of freedom for the location of the components. Based on the layout of a flat device thus obtained, the flat device is manufactured and next transformed into the shape-retaining non-flat device by means of a thermoforming process, thereby accurately and reproducibly positioning the elements at a predetermined location on a surface of the non-flat device.

A flexible electronic foil (1,1′,1″) comprising a flexible substrate (2) and at least one electrically conducive portion (3) arranged to the substrate (2). The foil (1,1′,1″) comprises mechanical fastening means (6,6′,7) for mechanical fastening of the electronic foil (1,1′,1″), the mechanical fastening means being part of the substrate (2) of the electronic foil (1,1′,1″).

In an embodiment, an electronic device may include a housing including a hinge module, a first housing, and second housing. The first and second housings are rotatably coupled to each other via the hinge module to be in a folded state or an unfolded state. The electronic device may further include a flexible display, at least one conductive pattern disposed in the first housing, at least one conductor disposed at a position in the second housing corresponding to the at least one conductive pattern such that the at least one conductor is capacitively coupled to the conductive pattern when the electronic device is in the folded state, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the at least one conductive pattern in the first housing. Other embodiments are also possible.

A lighting fixture includes a bus printed circuit board that receives power from an external source. The bus printed circuit board has traces that route the power to a set of exposed pads, and also has mechanical features for receiving an electronic device. The lighting fixture further includes a set of one or more drivers, having mechanical features for engaging the mechanical features of the bus printed circuit board to mechanically mount the driver to the bus printed circuit board. Each of the set of one or more drivers further includes a set of spring contacts positioned to engage at least some of the exposed pads of the bus printed circuit board when the driver is mounted to the bus printed circuit board, to supply power to the driver. The lighting fixture further includes one or more light sources driven by the one or more drivers.