Apparatus for electrically connecting a plurality of contacts

Claim 1

Apparatus for electrically connecting a plurality of closely positioned contacts of a device, preferably a display device, with a plurality of spaced contacts of an electronic circuit controlling the device, comprising a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards each having a narrow mid-section and two outer end areas each of which is spaced from said mid-section and has a width greater than the width of said mid-section, and a plurality of conductor lines extending from said mid-section for connection with a portion of the closely positioned contacts of the device to said outer areas for connection with a portion of the spaced contacts of the electronic circuit, wherein the device has a width and a central axis passing transversely therethrough, said plurality of circuit boards including a first flexible printed circuit board having a configuration symmetrical about said axis, a second flexible printed circuit board having its mid-section disposed on one side of said axis and its end areas extending from its mid-section toward the opposite side of said axis, and a third flexible printed circuit board having its mid-section disposed on said opposite side of said axis and its end areas extending from its mid-section toward said one side of said axis, said end areas of said first, second and third flexible printed circuit boards each having the same width.