Patent ID: 7712215
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a flexible bus connector, comprising: A preparing step: providing an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals, the insulative housing defining an opening and a plurality of passageways, and forming an upper side wall, a lower side wall, and a rear wall corresponding to the opening; an assembling step: each terminal being inserted from the opening, along the upper side wall and the lower side wall, into the passageways of the insulative housing, each terminal including at least a contact portion, a support portion and a soldering portion, the contact portion and the support portion being located near the opening when assembled, and the soldering portion extending toward the rear wall of the insulative housing; and a positioning step: the soldering portion of each terminal being bent downwardly by mechanically machining, a lower end of the soldering portion being located on a position where the lower end is lower than an inner surface of the lower side wall of the insulative housing.