Patent ID: 6094813
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling an automatic transmission connector comprising a plurality of terminals, a housing for receiving the plurality of terminals, the housing including terminal passage holes, the housing including a plurality of cavities for receiving the plurality of terminals, the plurality of cavities being separated from one another in such a manner that the plurality of cavities communicate with one another through partially-notched wall portions, and a rear holder engageable with the housing, the rear holder including a wall piece portion such that when the rear holder is engaged with the housing, the wall piece portion cooperates with notches, formed in the wall portions of the plurality of cavities, to separate the cavities from one another, and the rear holder also retains the terminals within the plurality of cavities, the method comprising the steps of:press-fitting the plurality of terminals into the terminal passage holes in the housing to receive the plurality of terminals in the plurality of cavities;vertically placing the housing with the plurality of terminals disposed at a lower portion;filling a sealing resin material into the plurality of cavities, wherein the sealing resin material flows between cavities through the notches; andengaging the rear holder with the housing before the sealing resin material is cured.