Patent ID: 6361373
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A method of assembling an element of an electrical connector comprising the steps of:(a) providing an axial insulative member having at least one axial slot for retaining a terminal; (b) providing a conductive terminal having a rearward extension projecting generally perpendicularly therefrom and positioning said conductive terminal in the slot, wherein a first portion of the terminal engages the axial insulative member to prevent the first portion from moving in a first direction, a second portion of the terminal generally orthogonal to the first portion engages an end of the axial insulative member to prevent the second portion from moving in a second direction reverse to the first direction, and a third portion of the terminal is located in the slot, wherein the first, second and third portions extend in different directions generally transverse to each other, wherein the first portion is in a same plane as the third portion and extends in an oblique from the third portion, wherein the second portion extends out of the same plane, and wherein the first and second directions include forward and rearward directions on the axial insulative member; and (c) providing an insulative housing having a peripheral wall and an axial opening and inserting the axial insulative member into the axial opening of said insulative housing member, wherein the housing contacts the third portion in the slot such that the conductive terminal is fixed in the slot.