US 12,438,295 B2
Junction device for flat flexible cables
Paul D. Roman, Jr., Middletown, PA (US); Raghunandan Shrikanth Shanbhag, Bangalore (IN); and William J. Remaley, Winston Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Steinach (CH)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,078.
Claims priority of application No. 202241061872 (IN), filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0145961 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 12/78 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/78 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A junction device for flat flexible cables (FFCs), comprising:
a device housing;
a power contact arranged within the device housing and defining an input power FFC connection, an output power FFC connection, and a breakout power FFC connection, the input, output and breakout FFC connections being electrically interconnected;
a signal contact assembly arranged within the device housing and defining an input signal FFC connection, an output signal FFC connection, and a breakout signal FFC connection, the signal contact assembly adapted to output a signal to the breakout signal FFC connection indicative of a signal received at the input signal FFC connection; and
a data contact assembly arranged within the device housing and including a printed circuit board having an input data FFC connection, an output data FFC connection, and a breakout data FFC connection fixed thereto.