Patent ID: 6634101
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a metal fittings assembly for a joint connector, comprising:providing a pair of terminals each having a band-shaped carrier and a plurality of terminal units connected to the carrier at substantial right angles and arranged in parallel with each other in a longitudinal direction of the carrier; wherein each of the terminal units has a connecting piece formed on a leading end portion of the terminal unit so as to project upward and an inserting piece formed on the leading end portion so as to extend downward; aligning the pair of terminals in an overlapping relationship; bending respective joint portions between the carrier of one of the terminals and the terminal units of that terminal by a thickness of the carrier of the other terminal, thereby positioning the terminal units of the overlapped terminals in an identical plane; welding the band-shaped carriers of the terminals together; cutting the carriers of the terminals for every predetermined number of terminal units required in accordance with a constitution of a connecting circuit as a product; and engaging a connecting piece of a first terminal unit with an inserting piece of a second terminal unit.