US 12,424,779 B2
Flexible printed circuit board arrangement
Tin Poay Chuah, Pulau Pinang (MY); Jeff Ku, Taipei (TW); Yew San Lim, Pulau Pinang (MY); Boon Ping Koh, Pulau Pinang (MY); and Min Suet Lim, Pulau Pinang (MY)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,983.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123645 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/78 (2011.01); H01R 13/20 (2006.01); H01R 13/28 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 43/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/78 (2013.01) [H01R 13/20 (2013.01); H01R 13/28 (2013.01); H01R 13/62983 (2013.01); H01R 43/0256 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener arrangement comprising:
a first circuit board including a first flexible cable, a first end of the first flexible cable disposed within the first circuit board;
a second circuit board including a second flexible cable, a first end of the second flexible cable disposed within the second circuit board;
a first fastener tape comprising a first plurality of electrically conductive coupling elements and a first plurality of non-electrically conductive coupling elements coupled to a second end of the first flexible cable;
a second fastener tape comprising a second plurality of electrically conductive coupling elements and a second plurality of non-electrically conductive coupling elements coupled to a second end of the second flexible cable;
at least one first electrical interface disposed on the first flexible cable, a first end of the at least one first electrical interface disposed within the first circuit board and a second end of the at least one first electrical interface surrounded by one of the first plurality of electrically conductive coupling elements;
at least one second electrical interface disposed on the second flexible cable, a first end of the at least one second electrical interface disposed within the second circuit board and a second end of the at least one second electrical interface surrounded by one of the second plurality of electrically conductive coupling elements; and
a slider couplable to the first fastener tape and the second fastener tape for reversibly interleaving and interlocking the first plurality of electrically conductive and non-electrically conductive coupling elements with their corresponding second plurality of electrically conductive and non-electrically conductive elements;
wherein the interleaved and interlocked first and second plurality of electrically conductive coupling elements form a plurality of conductive-bridges and the interleaved and interlocked first and second plurality of non-electrically conductive coupling elements form a plurality of insulation-bridges.