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Electronic device

Patent 6141505 Issued on October 31, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 25, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Apparatus for attaching a printed circuit cable to an actuator arm in a disc drive assembly utilizing alignment pins
Patent #: 5495377
Issued on: 02/27/1996
Inventor: Kim

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Assignee

Application

No. 917138 filed on 08/25/1997

US Classes:

396/535, Body structure or housing348/376, Portable or hand-held361/749, Flexible board396/383, Selective or adjustable viewing position396/542Having printed circuit detail

Examiners

Primary: Mathews, Alan

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 2-7593 JP. 01/12/1990

International Classes

G03B 017/02
H04N 005/30

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-08-30 JP

Abstract

A device comprising a main body and a sub-body that is rotatably supported on a side surface of the main body, wherein a bearing is located on either the main body or the sub-body and a shaft that engages with said bearing is located on the other unit, the shaft having an extension that extends into the main body or the sub-body that has the bearing and a connecting area that is formed throughout the lengths of the shaft and the extension; there is a notch that is connected to the connecting area around the circumference of the extension; and a flexible printed circuit board is placed such that it runs through the connecting area inside the shaft, exits the notch of the extension along its circumference and wraps around the extension.

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