Patent ID: 7430801

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a connector assembly, said connector assembly comprising a header and a socket configured to be coupled with said header, said header having a body and a first terminal array which was insert-molded into the body and a plurality of cables are electrically connectable to, said socket having a second terminal array which comes in contact with said first terminal array when said header is connected to the socket, said first terminal array having a plurality of first terminals each having a wire terminal for connection with each conductive wire of the cables and a contact for contact with said second terminal array, said wire terminals of said first terminal array being arranged in a line and said contacts of said first terminal array being arranged in two rows in a staggered configuration, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming said first terminals in a comb shape on a hoop material, each contact of said first terminals being connected to the hoop material and each wire terminal of said first terminals being a free end; (b) opposing two hoop materials formed in the step (a) and arranging them so that the wire terminals of each hoop material are arranged in a line alternately and the contacts of each hoop material are arranged in two rows in a staggered configuration, and insert-molding the first terminals in the body while exposing said wire terminals and said contacts outside the body; (c) cutting off each hoop material from said first terminals.