Patent ID: 8951459
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B29C,H01R

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a connector, comprising: providing a terminal fitting having opposite first and second ends and first and second substantially L-shaped bends between the ends, a tab between the first end and the first bend extending in a connecting direction, the tab having an inclined surface obliquely extending from a position slightly closer to the first bend than a central part in such a manner to gradually decrease a thickness of the tab at positions farther from the first bend; placing the tab in a tab insertion hole of a first molding die along an insertion direction substantially parallel to the connecting direction so that the inclined surface of the terminal fitting is positioned on at least one corresponding slant formed in the first die; closing a second molding die on the first molding die so that a cavity for forming a housing of the connector is formed between the first and second dies, the closing of the second molding die sandwiching and fixing the terminal fitting between mating faces of the first and second dies; and injecting resin through a gate in the second molding die and into the cavity substantially in the insertion direction in which the tab is inserted into the tab insertion hole so that the resin exerts a force upon a portion of the terminal fitting between the first and second bends in a pressing direction substantially parallel to the insertion direction of the tab into the tab insertion hole and so that the force of the resin presses the inclined surface of the terminal fitting against the slant and the resin forms an integral matrix surrounding portions of the terminal fitting in the cavity.