Patent ID: 6988310
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling an interconnect device, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a resilient wire bundle having first and second ends and a carrier having a perforation for receiving the resilient wire bundle and a resilient wire bundle in the perforation; placing the carrier having the resilient wire bundle in an interconnect device assembly fixture having a shaping die; contacting the first and second ends of the resilient wire bundle with the shaping die while in the interconnect device assembly fixture so as to increase a cross-sectional area of the resilient wire bundle so as to form the resilient wire bundle into a dog bone shape and retain the resilient wire bundle in the perforation; and removing the carrier having the resilient wire bundle from the interconnect device assembly fixture and from contact with the shaping die.