Patent ID: 6637106
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a linkage terminal mounted in a housing of a joint connector, comprising:providing first and second terminal elements, each terminal element including a strip-shaped carrier and terminals integral with the carrier, each terminal including a projecting piece configured to be connected to another terminal, the terminals being arranged at equal intervals along a longitudinal direction of the carrier and extending generally perpendicularly therefrom, each of the carriers of the first and second terminal elements being wound in a reel; unwinding the reels and shifting the first and second terminal elements relative to each other in the longitudinal directions of the carriers to stack the first and second terminal elements; welding the carriers of the first and second terminal elements intermittently along the longitudinal directions of the carriers; and bending each of the projecting pieces not required to be connected to another terminal.