Patent ID: 6666734
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for producing a tab of a male terminal fitting, the tab having a long narrow base with a leading end, a rear end and a longitudinal direction extending between the ends, a tapered tip at the leading end of the tab, the method comprising: providing a metallic plate; cutting the metallic plate to define at least first and second substantially flat sections, each said flat section having a rounded leading end; folding at least one of the flat sections onto another of the flat sections such that the rounded leading ends substantially align for forming the tip; pressing the flat sections toward one another at the tip from directions substantially normal to the longitudinal direction for tapering the flat sections toward one another at the tip; providing a mold with a pressing recess having a back wall; and moving at least one of the mold and the tab substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction such that the tip of the tab enters into the pressing recess in the mold and strikes against the back wall of the pressing recess, whereby edges of the tip are smashed and rounded for eliminating sharp edges on the tip.