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Connector for flexible printed circuit board

Granted 5 Mar 2013 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Omron Corporation

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Inventors: Shunsuke Akahori, Masato Matoba · Examiner: Daniel Bui · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/371,332
filed 4 Jan 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D677226
granted 5 Mar 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an enlarged top, front and…

FIG. 1 is an enlarged top, front and right side perspective view of a connector for flexible printed circuit board showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged bottom, rear and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective cross-sectional view taken along the line of IX-IX of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective cross-sectional view taken along the line of X-X of FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged perspective cross-sectional view taken along the line of XI-XI of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged perspective cross-sectional view taken along the line of XII-XII of FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line of XIII-XIII of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line of XIV-XIV of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 15 is a perspective cross-sectional view taken along the line of XV-XV of FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 16 is a top, front and right side perspective view thereof, shown in an alternate position of use.

The broken lines depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot line represents the boundary of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/154D13/147

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Pendency
2.2 y
791 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
1
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Examiner
Daniel Bui
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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