Patent ID: 7341462
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A process for fabrication of a connector terminal to be assembled to a connector housing which is mounted on a substrate, the connector terminal including a fitting portion which fits with a connection terminal of a corresponding connector and a substrate attachment portion which is connected to the substrate, the connector terminal fabrication process comprising: providing first and second wire members formed from solid metal, a thickness of said second wire member being less than a thickness of said first wire member; plating the whole peripheral surfaces of said first and second wire members; superposing respective end portions of said first wire member and said second wire member with one another and joining the end portions subsequent to said plating step; forming the fitting portion from the first wire member, and forming the substrate attachment portion from the second wire member; forming an attachment hole in the connector housing, and engaging the connector terminal including the fitting portion and the substrate attachment portion to the attachment hole, wherein a jointed superposed portion of the fitting portion and the substrate attachment portion is engaged to the attachment hole.