Patent ID: 6193495
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B29C,H01R

Abstract:
A connector mold for molding a plurality of kinds of connectors, each said connector having opposed front and rear ends, an outer surface and a receptacle extending into said front end, an error assembling preventing portion being provided in the receptacle, the error assembling preventing portion of at least one of said kinds of connectors being different from the error assembling preventing portion of at least one other of said kinds of connectors for preventing connection with an improper mating connector, each said connector further comprising an identification projection arranged on the outer surface of the connector rearwardly of the receptacle for identifying the error assembling preventing portion thereof, the connector mold comprising:a first mold main body with at least one recess configured for forming the outer surface of each of said connectors, said first mold main body being formed with a plurality of identification rib-forming grooves disposed for forming the identification projections on each of said kinds of connectors;a second mold main body configured for covering at least a portion of said first mold main body and for forming at least the front end of each said connector, the second mold main body being formed with an insert mount portion for receiving an insert therein; anda plurality of inserts, each of which is selectively mountable in the insert mount portion of the second mold main body, each said insert having a preventing portion for forming the error assembling preventing portion, the preventing portion being aligned with a selected one of said identification rib-forming grooves of the first mold main body for forming the error assembling preventing portion on the selected kind of said connectors, each of said inserts further being provided with at least one closing projection for closing each of said identification rib-forming grooves in the first main mold body except for the identification rib-forming groove aligned with the preventing portion of the insert for forming the error assembling preventing portion, whereby each said connector formed by the mold has an error assembly preventing portion and an identification projection aligned with one another.