Patent ID: 7000317

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an electrical connector comprising an insulative housing with a base side and an opposed side and lateral sides interposed between said base side and said opposed side and at least one conductive contact extending from the base side of the insulation in a first leg and then laterally adjacent the top side of the housing in a second leg, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a mold comprising a first die and an opposed second die all defining an interior cavity and an exterior area, a molding compound input port extending between the exterior area and the interior cavity and a contact receiving aperture extending through the first die from the exterior area and the interior cavity; (b) then positioning the conductive contact such that the first leg extends upwardly from the exterior area through the contact receiving aperture into the interior cavity and then through said interior cavity such that the second leg extends adjacent the opposed die so that the second leg is supported by the opposed die along its length on one side but is unsupported on an opposing side by either of the first die or the second die; (c) then filling the interior cavity of the mold with a polymeric molding compound; and (d) substantially simultaneously with step (c) causing the second leg of the contact to bear against the second die.