Patent ID: 8920906

Claim:
A molded pull-off tab system providing a molded pull off tab to be preassembled to multiple individual component parts to be loaded in an injection mold, the molded pull-off tab system comprising: multiple component parts each comprising a strip of extenuate electrical conductor having first and second opposite ends; an injection mold comprising at least two mold portions inter-fitting to define a substantially closed mold cavity adapted to receive injected plastic for the molding of a part, a first mold portion providing slots for receiving the first ends to locate the multiple component parts with respect to the first mold portion and a second mold portion receiving the second ends when the injection mold is closed to stably retain the multiple component parts within the closed mold cavity; a pull off tab having a unitary body of plastic having a plurality of component receiving and holding formations, each of said formations being configured for releasably holding the second ends of the component parts as received along an insertion axis, the formations providing a wall extending across the insertion axis and limiting a depth of insertion of the component parts by abutment of the wall and a portion of the component parts; said formations positioned in said body so as to hold the component parts in mold ready positions for direct loading of the first ends into the slots of the first mold portion with movement along the insertion axis; and said formations configured to readily release the component parts positioned in the mold and to be removed therefrom prior to molding.