Notes on Using FPC Connectors
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ACCTB13E 201701-T
• After checking the position of FPC insertion slot and FPC,
completely insert the FPC horizontally to the full depth of the
connector without altering the angle.
An FPC inserted at an excessive angle to the board may cause
the deformation of metal parts, crack of molding parts, FPC
insertion failures, and FPC circuit breakages.
• Insert the FPC into the connector after checking the position of
FPC insertion slot and FPC. Do not insert the FPC without
positioning the FPC and connector. Otherwise, it may cause
connector breakages. When it is hard to insert the FPC, do not
insert the FPC on that condition. Confirm the FPC and
connector positioning.
• Do not apply an excessive load to the lever in the opening
direction beyond its open position; otherwise, the lever may be
deformed or removed.
• Do not apply an excessive load to the lever in a direction
perpendicular to the lever rotation axis or in the lever opening
direction; otherwise, the terminals may be deformed, and the
lever may be removed.
• To close the lever, turn down the lever by pressing the entire
lever or both sides of the lever with fingers tips. And close the
lever completely. Be careful not to apply partial load to the lever
that may cause its deformation or destruction or lever going back
to initial position.
Close the lever completely to prevent contact failure.
• Avoid applying an excessive load to the top of the lever during
or after closing the lever. Otherwise, the terminals may be
deformed.
• When opening the lever to remove the FPC, rotate the lever to
the initial position. Do not push the lever into the FPC inlet side
and ensure that the lever will not go over the initial position;
otherwise, it may be deformed or broken.
• To open the lever, if pressure to the lever is applied unevenly,
such as to an edge only, it may deform or break.
• Do not open the lever forcefully with something sharp tool,
otherwise, the lever may be deformed.
• Remove the FPC at parallel with the lever fully opened. If the
lever is closed, or if the FPC is forcedly pulled, the product or
FPC may break.
• If a lever is accidentally detached during the handling of a
connector, do not use the connector any longer.
■ After an FPC is inserted, carefully handle it so as not to
apply excessive stress to the base of the FPC. When using
FPC with a bent condition, please pay attention to
precautions below; otherwise, in some conditions it may
cause conduction failure, connector breakage, unlocking
lever or FPC disconnection.
• Design so that a load is not applied to connector directly by
FPC bending.
• Avoid sharp FPC bending at the root of FPC insertion part.
• Design so that a load is not applied to the part of FPC bending.
• If there might be a load on FPC, please fix the FPC.
(Y3BW and Y5BW)
• Fix the FPC if there might be a load to the cut out, do not apply
bending load to the cutout part of FPC. Otherwise, it may cause
FPC disconnection and deformation since the cutout part of
FPC is subjected to bending stress.
■ Cleaning treatment
Cleaning this product is not needed basically.
Please note the following points to prevent the negative effect to
the product when cleaning is necessary.
• Please keep the cleanliness of the cleaning fluid to make sure
that the contact surfaces are not contaminated by the cleaning
fluid itself.
• Semi-aqueous cleaning solvent is recommended as some
powerful solvent may dissolve the molding portion or the marked
letters.
Please contact us when other solvent is used.
■ Precautions for operating environment and storage
environment
Panasonic Corporation does not guarantee the failures caused
by condensation.
■ Other precautions
• When the coating material is used for preventing PC board
isolation deterioration after soldering, please assure the coating
material is not adhered on any part of connector.
• Please avoid the usage of connector as electric switching
basically.
• There is no problem on the product quality though the swelling,
the black spot, the small scars and the foreign matter, etc. might
be generated in the molding parts.
• There is no problem on the product quality though the weld line
might be generated in the weld part of molding parts when the
use of product is within the specifications.
• The detailed shape of metal parts and molding parts may differ
depending on the mold.
• Height in FPC mating depends on the way to being used, such
as mounting condition, thickness of FPC, and angle of lever lock
etc. Please check it by actual equipment.
Please refer to the latest product specifications when
designing your product.
FPC cutout part
