Patent ID: 8056225
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing an electrical connector comprising an insulative housing with a base side and an opposed side and lateral sides interposed between said base side and said opposed side and at least one conductive contact including a first leg that extends from the base side of the insulative housing, the at least one conductive contact further including a second leg extending laterally adjacent the top side of the housing, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a mold comprising a first die and an opposed second die all defining an interior cavity and an exterior area, and a molding compound input port extending between the exterior area and the interior cavity; (b) then positioning the at least one conductive contact in the interior cavity such that the second leg extends adjacent the second die, wherein the second leg defines a first bent end and an opposed second bent end, the first bent end is connected to the first leg, the second bent end is connected to a non-horizontal oblique portion of the at least one contact, the second leg extends substantially horizontally along a length from the first bent end to the second bent end, and the second leg defines a die-facing surface along an entirety of the length, the die-facing surface facing the second die; (c) then filling the interior cavity of the mold with a polymeric molding compound; and (d) during at least a portion of the filling step, maintaining the second die in contact with the die-facing surface of the second leg along the entirety of the length.