A connector for a flat flexible cable or flat printed cable includes a housing portion and a plurality of terminals. The housing portion includes a plurality of terminal receiving passageways each receiving a contact portion of one of the plurality of terminals. A plurality of conductors exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable are each clamped in a terminating portion of one of the plurality of terminals by a clamping force applied thereon by a cover selectively fixable with respect to the housing portion.

In a connecting method, when a flexible conductor is exposed on a top surface of a connection object, a contact is disposed on the top surface of the connection object at the predetermined position in a state where the connection object is kept as it is, and when the flexible conductor is exposed on a bottom surface of the connection object, the contact is disposed on the top surface of the connection object at the predetermined position in a state where a part of the connection object where the connection part is disposed is inverted such that the connection part faces a top surface side of the connection object while being retained at the predetermined position.

In a connecting method, when a flexible conductor is exposed on a top surface of a connection object, a contact is disposed on the top surface of the connection object at the predetermined position in a state where the connection object is kept as it is, and when the flexible conductor is exposed on a bottom surface of the connection object, the contact is disposed on the top surface of the connection object at the predetermined position in a state where a part of the connection object where the connection part is disposed is inverted such that the connection part faces a top surface side of the connection object while being retained at the predetermined position.

A terminal with a connecting end, a midsection, and a crimping end is disclosed. The midsection is adapted to prevent damage to the terminal. The connecting end is configured to be received in a housing. The crimping end is configured to be connected to a substrate. At least two of the connecting end, the midsection, and the crimping end are conductive and formed as a single, unitary component.

A terminal with a connecting end, a midsection, and a crimping end is disclosed. The midsection is adapted to prevent damage to the terminal. The connecting end is configured to be received in a housing. The crimping end is configured to be connected to a substrate. At least two of the connecting end, the midsection, and the crimping end are conductive and formed as a single, unitary component.

A thin form of an electrical connector for creating a detachable connection between two circuit elements is disclosed. When the connector is employed, only an outer electrode present on a portion of the connector is exposed to the ambient environment and the rest of the electronics of both the connector and of a device into which the device is integrated can be insulated from the ambient environment. The parts of the connector can create a small three-dimensional interlock structure to seal off contact area and to facilitate electrical contacts between two circuit elements. The connector structure is flexible, allowing the connector to be embedded into a curved surface of a device that can use the electrode exposed to the environment to obtain data regarding the environment.

A connector includes a first insulator, a second insulator and at least one contact, the contact being composed of a first contact member retained by the first insulator and a second contact member retained by the second insulator, the first contact member including a first connection portion and a first communication portion, the second contact member including a second connection portion and a second communication portion, a connection object being sandwiched between the first connection portion and the second connection portion, the first communication portion and the second communication portion being in elastic contact with each other via an elastic piece, and at least one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion coming into contact with a flexible conductor of the connection object, whereby the contact is electrically connected to the flexible conductor of the connection object.

An electronic assembly that includes a rigid printed circuit board having an upper surface with a first plurality of lands. The electronic assembly further includes a flexible printed circuit board having a second plurality of lands on an upper surface. The lower surface of the flexible printed circuit board is directly attached to the upper surface of the rigid printed circuit board. The electronic assembly further includes a plurality of wires. Each of the wires is bonded to the first plurality of lands on the upper surface of the rigid printed circuit board and the second plurality of lands on the upper surface of the flexible printed circuit board.

An electronic assembly that includes a rigid printed circuit board having an upper surface with a first plurality of lands. The electronic assembly further includes a flexible printed circuit board having a second plurality of lands on an upper surface. The lower surface of the flexible printed circuit board is directly attached to the upper surface of the rigid printed circuit board. The electronic assembly further includes a plurality of wires. Each of the wires is bonded to the first plurality of lands on the upper surface of the rigid printed circuit board and the second plurality of lands on the upper surface of the flexible printed circuit board.

Electric device with electric connection means suitable for connecting it to an electric power source, comprising a supporting surface for a textile electrically conductive band and retention means for retaining the textile electrically conductive band on supporting surface. Electric connection means comprise piercing means for piercing the textile electrically conductive band which are suitable for conducting an electric current. Textile electrically conductive band is made of double weaving and comprises two mutually parallel electrically conductive guides extending along the band. Each of the electrically conductive guides is located between two layers of textile material of said double weaving.