JPH07153322A - Tape electric cable and manufacture thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the connection work of a cable to a printed board simple and easy and prevent disorder of the arrangement and bending of conductors at the time of the connection of the cable to the printed board. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of conductors 2 are stuck respectively to the opposite faces of insulating tapes 3 and the sides, to which the conductors 2 are stuck, of the insulating tapes 3 are stuck each other. A peeling paper sheet 14 is put between the insulating tapes 3 at both ends. The peeling paper sheet 14 is removed and a printed board is inserted into the parts formed by removing the peeling paper sheet 14 and the circuit conductors of the printed board and the conductors 2 of a tape electric cable 11 are soldered to connect the tape electric cable 11 and the printed board.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tape electric wire in which insulating tapes are attached to both surfaces of conductors arranged in parallel and a method for manufacturing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a conventional tape electric wire 1 has a plurality of conductors 2, 2, ... Arranged in parallel, and the conductors 2, 2 ,. The insulating tapes 3 and 3 were attached. When connecting the tape electric wire 1 to the printed circuit board 4, the conductors 2, 2 ... Are exposed at the end of the tape electric wire 1 and the vicinity of the end is temporarily fixed to the printed circuit board 4 by the double-sided adhesive tape 5. hand,
The exposed conductors 2, 2 ... Are soldered to the circuit conductor of the printed circuit board 4.

[0003]

By the way, in the tape electric wire 1 having the above-mentioned structure, the conductors 2, 2 ... Must be exposed at the ends when connecting to the printed circuit board 4. When the conductors 2, 2, ... Are connected to each other by connecting the conductors 2, 2, ..., The protruding conductors 2, 2, ... Are bent or the pitches of the conductors 2, 2 ,. There was a fear that soldering would not be performed. Also, when connecting to the printed circuit board 4,
Since the end portion of the tape electric wire 1 has to be temporarily fixed by the double-sided adhesive tape 5, the work requires a lot of labor and time. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a tape electric wire that can be connected to a printed circuit board very easily and that does not cause bending of a conductor during connection to the printed circuit board and disorder of arrangement and its manufacture. It is intended to provide a way.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the tape electric wire of the first invention is a tape in which a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel in the width direction are integrated by being sandwiched by an insulating tape. An electric wire, wherein the insulating tape has a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel in the width direction on opposite surfaces, and the insulating tapes are peeled off at both ends except for both sides. It is characterized in that a portion is formed. Further, the tape electric wire of the second invention is a tape electric wire formed by integrating a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel in the width direction in a state of being sandwiched by an insulating tape. A plurality of the conductors are arranged in parallel in the width direction, and peeling portions where the insulating tapes are peeled off are formed at both ends. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing a tape electric wire according to a third aspect of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a tape electric wire in which a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel in the width direction are sandwiched by insulating tapes, and one of a pair of insulating tapes is provided. Stick multiple conductors on the surface in a state that they are arranged at intervals in the width direction,
The pair of insulating tapes are integrated with each other by adhering one surface provided with the conductor to each other while interposing a release paper at an interval in the longitudinal direction, and at an interposing position of the release paper. It is characterized by cutting.

[0005]

According to the tape electric wire of the first aspect of the present invention, when the printed wiring board is connected to the printed wiring board, the printed wiring board is inserted into the peeling portions formed on both ends of the printed wiring board.
The tape electric wire is temporarily fixed to the printed circuit board, and in this state, each conductor is soldered to the circuit conductor of the printed circuit board, so that the tape electric wire and the printed circuit board are connected in a state where the conductor and the circuit conductor are electrically connected. It Further, according to the tape electric wire of the second invention, the peeled portion is widened, and the conductors provided on the respective insulating tapes are soldered and connected to the circuit conductors of different printed circuit boards, respectively. Can be connected to the printed circuit board. Furthermore, according to the method of manufacturing the tape electric wire of the third invention, the tape electric wire having the release paper interposed at both ends is extremely easily manufactured. Then, by removing the release paper, a tape electric wire is obtained in which the insulating tapes having the conductors on one surface side are peeled off at both ends.

[0006]

Embodiments of the tape electric wire and the method for producing the same according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same parts as those of the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. First,
The tape electric wire of the first embodiment will be described. 1 and 2, reference numeral 11 is a tape electric wire of the first embodiment. This tape electric wire 11 has a structure in which the conductors 2, 2 ... Held by the insulating tapes 3, 3 are double-layered, and the conductors 2, 2, ... They are arranged at intervals in the direction. Then, in the tape electric wire 11, the insulating tapes 3 are firmly adhered to each other at an intermediate portion (the range of A in the drawing), and the adhered portion is the adhered portion 12. Also,
This tape electric wire 11 has release papers 14, 14 between the insulating tapes 3, 3 excluding both sides at both ends (range B, B in the figure). The peeling portions 13 and 13 are used.

Next, the case where the tape electric wire 11 having the above structure is connected to the printed circuit board 4 will be described. First, when connecting the tape electric wire 11 to the printed circuit board 4, first, at the peeling portion 13 of the tape electric wire 11, the release paper 14 provided between the respective insulating tapes 3 is removed. In this way, the conductors 2 and 2 of the insulating tapes 3 and 3 that are double-layered are separated from each other in the portion where the release paper 14 is removed. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the connecting portion 4a formed in the protruding state on the printed circuit board 4 is inserted between the separated insulating tapes 3 and 3. In this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the connecting portion 4a of the printed circuit board 4 is fitted into the peeling portion 13 of the tape electric wire 11, and the tape electric wire 11 is temporarily connected to the connecting portion 4a of the printed circuit board 4. It will be in a state of being. Then, in this state, the conductors 2, 2, ... Are soldered to the circuit conductors D, D .. , The tape electric wire 11 is connected to the printed circuit board 4.

As described above, according to the tape electric wire 11 of the first embodiment, the release paper 14 provided between the insulating tapes 3 is removed at the end, and the release paper 14 is removed. The connecting portion 4a of the printed circuit board 4 is inserted into the peeling portion 13 and the conductors 2, 2 ...
By soldering to D ..., the tape electric wire 11 can be connected to the printed circuit board 4 in a state where the conductors 2, 2 ... Are electrically connected to the circuit conductors D, D. In addition, since it is not necessary to project the conductors 2, 2 ... As in the conventional case, the work of finding the conductor 2 can be omitted, and there is no concern about bending of the conductors D, D ... Therefore, the soldering of the printed circuit board 4 to the circuit conductors D, D ... Can be performed extremely accurately and satisfactorily. Further, when connecting to the printed circuit board 4, it is not necessary to temporarily fix it with the double-sided adhesive tape 5, so that the work at the time of this connection can be further simplified.

Next, the tape electric wire of the second embodiment will be described. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the tape electric wire 21 of the second embodiment has release papers 14, 14 at both ends thereof. By removing these release papers 14, 14, The insulating tapes 3, 3 are separated from each other. That is, the tape electric wire 21 is manufactured by cutting both sides of the tape electric wire 11 of the first embodiment.

Next, an example of using the tape electric wire 21 will be described. First, the peeling portions 13 and 1 at both ends of the tape electric wire 21.
3. Insulating tapes 3, 3 between the release tapes 14, 14
Are removed to separate the insulating tapes 3 from each other.
Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the end portions of the insulating tapes 3 and 3 are temporarily fixed to separate printed circuit boards 4, 4 ... And soldered to the circuit conductors of the respective printed circuit boards 4, 4. To connect. By doing so, the circuit of a plurality of (four in this case) printed circuit boards 4, 4, ... Can be conducted by the conductors 2, 2, ... 4, 4 ...
The signals can be transmitted simultaneously to.

Next, a manufacturing method for manufacturing the tape electric wires of the first and second embodiments will be described. In FIG. 9, reference numeral 31 is a tape electric wire manufacturing apparatus. This manufacturing equipment 3
1 is a pair of insulating tape feeding rolls 32, 32 for feeding the insulating tapes 3, 3; and a pair of conductor feeding rolls 33, 33 for feeding a plurality of conductors 2, 2 arranged at intervals in the width direction. Tape delivery roll 32,
A pair of provisional heating rolls 3 provided with the insulating tapes 3 and 3 fed from 32 and the conductors 2 and 2 fed from the conductor feeding rolls 33 and 33 are integrated by heat.
4 and 34, and the insulating tape 3 having the conductors 2 and 2 attached to one surface thereof by the temporary heating rolls 34, 34 ,.
A pair of heated rolls with a book 3 that heat the three together
5, 35 and before being attached to each other by the heating rolls 35, 35 between the insulating tapes 3 and 3,
It comprises a release paper inserting mechanism 36 for inserting the release paper 14 at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction and a cutting mechanism 37 for cutting the tape electric wire 11 integrated by the book heating rolls 35, 35 in the width direction. There is. In the figure, reference numeral 3
Reference numeral 8 is a guide roller for guiding the insulating tape 3 or the conductor 2, respectively.

Next, the tape wire manufacturing apparatus 3 having the above structure
A method for manufacturing a tape electric wire using No. 1 will be described. First, the insulating tapes 3 and 3 and the conductors 2 and 2 respectively fed from the insulating tape feeding rolls 32 and 32 and the conductor feeding rolls 33 and 33 are held by the temporary heating rolls 34, 34, and integrated by heat. Let Then, the insulating tapes 3 and 3 to which the conductors 2 and 2 are integrally attached on one surface side are fed into between the book-equipped heating rolls 35, 35, and held by the book-equipped heating rolls 35, 35, and integrated by heat. And send it out as a tape wire.

Before the insulating tapes 3, 3 are integrated with each other by the book-equipped heating rolls 35, 35, a release paper inserting mechanism 36 is provided between the insulating tapes 3, 3.
Then, the release paper 14 is inserted at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the release paper 14 is provided at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction from between the book heat rolls 35, 35.
The tape electric wire 11 with 14 interposed is sent out. Next, a portion of the tape electric wire 11 in which the release paper 14 is interposed (a portion indicated by a chain double-dashed line in FIG. 10) is cut by the cutting mechanism 37, and the release papers 14 and 14 are interposed at both ends. The tape electric wire 11 of one example is manufactured. Here, a cutting mechanism (not shown) that cuts both sides of the tape electric wire between the present heating rolls 35, 35 and the cutting mechanism 37.
Is provided, and by this cutting mechanism, the heating rolls 35, 3 with a book
By cutting both sides of the tape electric wire sent out from No. 5, the tape electric wire 21 of the second embodiment can be manufactured.

If the release paper 14 having a width dimension larger than the width of the insulating tape 3 is inserted from the release paper inserting mechanism 36, the second embodiment can be carried out without using a cutting mechanism for cutting both sides of the tape electric wire. An example tape wire 21 can be manufactured. Then, according to the method for manufacturing the tape electric wire of the above-described embodiment, the tape electric wire 1 in which the release paper 14 is interposed at both ends and the connection with the printed circuit board 4 is very easy can be made very easily.
It is possible to manufacture 1 (the tape electric wire of the first embodiment) or the tape electric wire 21 (the tape electric wire of the second embodiment) that can be collectively connected to the plurality of printed boards 4, 4, .... The specific configuration and structure of the tape wire manufacturing apparatus 31 of the above-described embodiment is not limited to the embodiment. Further, in the tape electric wires 11 and 21 of the above-mentioned embodiment, the conductors 2, 2 ... Are double-layered, but the printed circuit board 4 to be connected is connected.
11, the conductors 2, 2, ... May be arranged at different positions in the width direction so as to correspond to the circuit conductor D.

[0015]

As described above, according to the tape electric wire and the method for manufacturing the same of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. By inserting the printed circuit board into the peeling part where the insulating tapes are peeled off at both ends and soldering the conductor to the circuit conductor of the printed circuit board, it is extremely easy to
The tape electric wire can be connected to the printed circuit board in a state where the conductor is electrically connected to the circuit conductor. Also, as in the past,
Since it is not necessary to expose the conductor when connecting to the printed circuit board, the work of exposing the conductor can be omitted, and there is no concern about bending of the exposed conductor or disorder of the array, and therefore the circuit conductor of the printed circuit board. Can be soldered to the extremely accurately and satisfactorily. In addition, since it is not necessary to temporarily fix with a double-sided adhesive tape when connecting to the printed circuit board, the work at the time of this connection can be further simplified. According to the second aspect of the invention, the conductors provided on the insulating tape divided by the peeling portion are connected to the circuit conductors of different printed circuit boards, and signals are simultaneously transmitted to the plurality of printed circuit boards. You can Further, according to the third invention, it is possible to manufacture the tape electric wire in which the release paper is interposed at both ends extremely easily. And by removing the release paper,
By separating the insulating tapes from each other at both ends, it is possible to obtain a tape electric wire that can be easily connected to the printed circuit board or a tape electric wire that can be connected to a plurality of printed circuit boards.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tape electric wire for explaining the configuration and structure of the tape electric wire according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a part of the tape electric wire for explaining the configuration and structure of the tape electric wire according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a part of each of the tape electric wire and the printed circuit board for explaining an operation of connecting the tape electric wire to the printed circuit board according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a tape electric wire connected to a printed circuit board for explaining a connection state between the tape electric wire and the printed circuit board according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the tape electric wire for explaining the configuration and structure of the tape electric wire according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the tape electric wire for explaining the configuration and structure of the tape electric wire according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the tape wire for explaining the configuration and structure of the tape wire according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a tape electric wire connected to a printed circuit board for explaining an example of use of the tape electric wire according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram of a tape electric wire manufacturing apparatus used in a method for manufacturing a tape electric wire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the tape electric wire for explaining the method of manufacturing the tape electric wire according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a part of the tape electric wire for explaining the tape electric wire having another structure of the tape electric wire according to the embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a part of the tape electric wire for explaining the configuration and structure of the conventional tape electric wire.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a tape electric wire and a printed circuit board, illustrating a conventional structure, structure, and connection method of the tape electric wire with the printed circuit board.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 conductor 3 insulating tape 11 and 21 tape electric wire 13 peeling part 14 peeling paper

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A tape electric wire in which a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel in the width direction are integrated in a state of being sandwiched by an insulating tape, wherein the insulating tape has a plurality of the conductors on opposite surfaces. A tape electric wire, wherein the tape electric wires are arranged in parallel in the width direction, and at both ends thereof, peeling portions are formed by peeling insulating tape from each other except at both sides. 2. A tape electric wire formed by integrating a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel in the width direction in a state of being sandwiched by an insulating tape, wherein the insulating tape has a plurality of the conductors on opposite surfaces. A tape electric wire characterized in that the tape electric wires are arranged in parallel in the width direction, and have peeling portions formed by peeling insulating tapes from each other at both ends. 3. A method of manufacturing a tape electric wire, comprising: holding a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel in the width direction with an insulating tape, wherein a plurality of conductors are provided in the width direction on each one surface of a pair of insulating tapes. Bonded in a state of being arranged with a gap, these pair of insulating tapes, the one surface provided with the conductor is bonded together while interposing a release paper with a gap in the longitudinal direction, and integrated. A method for manufacturing a tape electric wire, which comprises cutting in a width direction at an intervening portion of the release paper.