Patent ID: 7020957
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a connector, comprising: providing a plurality of connector slices, each connector slice comprising an electrically insulating body of a first thickness, the electrically insulating body having first and second major surfaces, and further having a plurality of through-holes providing openings between the first and second major surfaces; stacking the plurality of connector slices, one atop another, in alignment such that major surfaces are facing one another and each through-hole of each connector slice is coaxially aligned with the corresponding through-holes of the other connector slices, and such that the stack so formed has a first predetermined height; adhering at least one pair of the plurality of stacked connector slices to each other; and disposing a conductor that is surrounded by a dielectric layer into at least one of the plurality of through-holes; wherein adhering comprises one of the group consisting of disposing a low viscosity glue between the at least one pair of the plurality of stacked connector slices, and disposing an adhesive sheet between the at least one pair of the plurality of stacked connector slices.