EP0214830A3

Fpc connector

Abstract

An electrical connector for a flexible printed circuit (FPC) is composed of an insulative housing (10) containing resilient female contacts (20) accessible via an opening (11) which receives a flexible printed circuit assembly (30). The assembly is composed of a V-shaped spring member (40) to which the FPC is bonded. An area of the FPC has an exposed array of spaced conductors (33a) which mate with contact regions (22) of the contacts when the assembly is inserted into the housing through the opening after initially compressing the sections of the spring member (40) together.

EP0214830A3, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 1

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during
EP0072492A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	Y	Search report
DE1112774B	Cites	Germany	A	Search report
US3159447A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report
US3696319A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report

17 members in 11 offices

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Priority claims4

Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
19713485	Japan	A	1985-09-06
19713485	Japan	–	1985-09-06
19713485	–	–	–
JP19850197134	–	–	–

Members17

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Document	Office	Kind
AU6231186A	Australia	A	1987-03-12
JPS6261283A	Japan	A	1987-03-17
EP0214830A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	1987-03-18
KR870003683A	Republic of Korea	A	1987-04-18
BR8604200A	Brazil	A	1987-04-28
US4684183A	United States of America	A	1987-08-04
EP0214830A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	1988-09-07
AU585778B2	Australia	B2	1989-06-22
CA1270915A	Canada	A	1990-06-26
EP0214830B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	1991-08-28
AT66766T	Austria	T	1991-09-15
ATE66766T1	Austria	T1	1991-09-15
DE3681100D1	Germany	D1	1991-10-02
HK19692A	Hong Kong, China	A	1992-03-20
SG5892G	Singapore	G	1992-03-20
JPH0665090B2	Japan	B2	1994-08-22
KR950000798B1	Republic of Korea	B1	1995-02-02

44 legal events, as 3 offices reported them to INPADOC

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	Event	Code	Office
2005-09-02	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2002-05-01	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2000-08-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1997-08-29	Notification of lapseLapsedST	ST	FR
1997-07-25	Notification of lapseLapsedST	ST	FR
1997-04-23	Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal feeCeasedGBPC	GBPC	EP
1996-09-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1996-09-02	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1995-09-11	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1995-08-22	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1995-01-31	Se: european patent has lapsedLapsedEUG	EUG	EP
1994-05-31	Patent ceasedCeasedPL	PL	CH
1994-05-16	Nl: lapsed or anulled due to non-payment of the annual feeLapsedNLV4	NLV4	EP
1994-04-01	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1994-03-31	Be: lapsedLapsedBERE	BERE	EP
1993-09-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1993-09-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1993-09-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1993-09-03	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1993-09-02	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1993-09-02	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
1992-12-21	Lu: last paid annual feeEPTA	EPTA	EP
1992-09-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1992-08-19	No opposition filedOpposition26N	26N	EP
1992-07-14	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1992-07-13	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1992-07-02	No opposition filed within time limitOppositionORIGINAL CODE: 0009261PLBE	PLBE	EP
1992-07-02	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMITSTAA	STAA	EP
1992-06-23	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1992-06-09	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1992-06-09	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
1991-10-02	Corresponds to:REF	REF	EP
1991-09-25	It: translation for a ep patent filedITF	ITF	EP
1991-09-25	It: translation for a ep patent filedITF	ITF	EP
1991-09-06	Fr: translation filedET	ET	EP
1991-08-28	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
1991-08-28	Corresponds to:REF	REF	EP
1991-07-12	(expected) grantORIGINAL CODE: 0009210GRAA	GRAA	EP
1990-12-27	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q	EP
1988-10-26	Request for examination filed17P	17P	EP
1988-09-07	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
1988-07-18	Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL	PUAL	EP
1987-03-18	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
1987-01-31	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP

Fpc connector

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