Patent ID: 9548559
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A method for making a connector assembly, comprising the steps of: providing an upper case, a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) with a set of contacts, and a magnet, the upper case including a top wall, four peripheral walls extending upwardly, and a top receiving cavity surrounded thereby, the top wall including a slot and a plurality of passageways extending therethrough along a vertical direction; assembling the PCBA and the magnet into the top receiving cavity to form a top assembly; providing a lower case having a bottom wall, four peripheral walls extending upwardly, and a bottom receiving cavity surrounded thereby; assembling the top assembly to the lower case with the contacts going through the corresponding passageways and the magnet having a top section mounted into the slot and a bottom section abutting against the lower wall of the bottom case; and heating the top section of the magnet through the slot and bonding the bottom section of the magnet to the lower case by hot melting a part of the bottom wall of the bottom case; wherein the bottom wall has a rib protruding upwardly from an inner face thereof before the magnet is bonded to the bottom wall, the rib being melted to bond the magnet and the bottom wall when the magnet is bonded to the bottom wall; wherein the bottom wall forms two slits along two lateral sides of the rib to receive a part of the melted rib.