Patent ID: 6067710
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an electrical connector for a memory card and having contacts with a ground terminal, said connector comprising: a synthetic resin frame; a memory board housed in said frame, a number of metal contacts for connecting conductor patterns of said memory board with external pins; a connector body formed from synthetic resin having a number of contact compartments in which said contacts are respectively received; a metal cover plate which covers an opening of said frame in which said memory board and said connector body are housed, and a cut-away portion which is formed on at least one but not all of said contact compartments of said connector body and which is opposed to said cover plate, wherein said method comprises:forming, on each of the contacts, a pattern contact piece which comes into contact with one of the conductor patterns of said memory board, a pin contact piece which comes into contact with the external pin inserted from the outside, and a ground contact piece which projects from said cut-away portion to come into contact with said metal cover plate if the contact is inserted into said at least one contact compartment; andinserting the contacts into their respective contact compartments before the connector body is placed in the frame.