Patent ID: 6869555

Claim:
A method of producing a connector which includes a housing having a terminal receiving chamber into which a connection terminal is insertable, and a rear holder attachable to the housing, the rear holder being operative to be held on the housing in one of a provisionally-retained condition and a completely-retained condition, wherein when the rear holder is provisionally retained on the housing, the connection terminal is insertable in the terminal receiving chamber, and when the rear holder is completely retained on the housing, the connection terminal is retained by the rear holder in the terminal receiving chamber, the method comprising: forming a protective rib on the housing to have a distance between outer end surfaces thereof larger than a width of the rear holder, through a provisionally-retaining metal-mold assembly for molding the housing and the rear holder, wherein the provisionally-retaining metal-mold comprises a pouring gate and a plurality of gates branching off from the pouring gate, and includes a fixed metal-mold having at least one central gate among the plurality of gates being disposed in substantially parallel to the terminal receiving chamber, and a plurality of movable metal-molds movable relative to the fixed metal-mold, wherein the central gate of the fixed metal-mold communicates with a mold cavity portion formed by at least one of the movable metal-molds for molding the protective rib.