Patent ID: 7458148
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a joint connector, comprising: providing a plurality of connection terminals, each of the connection terminals including a contact portion, a housing fixing portion and a press-fitting portion; providing a connector housing that includes a plurality of terminal fixing portions; providing a board that includes a plurality of through holes, inserting the connection terminals into a terminal receiving jig so that the housing fixing portions and the press-fitting portions are projected from the terminal receiving jig; fitting the connector housing on the connection terminals so as to fix the terminal fixing portions to the housing fixing portions projecting from the terminal receiving jig; setting the board on the connector housing so as to insert the press-fitting portions into the through holes; and pressing the board so as to contact with the terminal fixing portions of the connector housing so that the housing fixing portions are press-fitted into the terminal fixing portions, and the press-fitting portions are press-fitted into the through holes respectively.