Patent ID: 6471900
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B29C,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for fabricating a connector for an electronic circuit by terminal insert molding, comprising:providing conductive band-shaped plates, each said plate including a terminal carrier that is cut away after insert molding along its longitudinal direction and a plurality of terminals extending;in a direction perpendicular to a side of the terminal carrier and arranged in parallel with each other; providing a connector die having a cavity including a stripper plate having parallel slots formed in a parting plane thereof, the slots extending the entire length of the stripper plate and open on opposing ends of the stripper plate in the longitudinal direction, the slots having a width that is slightly greater than a thickness of said plates enabling the plates to be closely engaged within the slots, the table die including a lower side die; aligning a terminal side end surface of the terminal carriers with the open ends of the slots on the parting plane and completely filling the slots with the terminal carriers, the parting plane defining a flat upper surface so the closed cavity is effectively shut by the parting plane; advancing the conductive band-shaped plates through the slots in the longitudinal direction; aligning a first set of terminals of the conductive band-shaped plates perpendicular to the upper surface of the cavity; inserting simultaneously a plurality of the terminals in a vertical direction into the cavity and closing the die; and forming a connector.