Patent ID: 6146199
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: B29C,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A plastic strip used in the manufacture of unshrouded insulative housings for electrical connectors without use of a separate longitudinal spine or carrier comprising an elongated body having a first and second end and having in spaced adjacent relation to said first end a cavity for receiving a polymeric molding compound for attachment to a second strip and there being a first molding compound conveying recess connecting said first end and said cavity, a second molding compound conveying recess connecting said first end and said cavity in spaced relation to said first molding compound conveying recess, and a plurality of conductive member receiving areas interposed at spaced intervals between said cavity and said second end, wherein said first molding compound conveying recess comprises a first channel from said first end through said body into said cavity, and wherein said channel is bound on at least three sides by said body.