Patent ID: 7959478

Claim:
A USB connector fabrication method, comprising the steps of: (A) preparing a metal sheet and then stamping said metal sheet into a terminal set comprising a set of first terminals, a set of second terminals and a plurality of material bridges joining said first terminals and said second terminals wherein said first terminals and said second terminals are alternatively arranged in a row and connected to one another by said material bridges, each having a narrow elongated base portion, a rear bonding end portion backwardly extended from a rear end of said narrow elongated base portion and a front contact end portion forwardly extended from a front end of said narrow elongated base portion; (B) preparing an electrically insulative housing that defines a receiving space, a plurality of suspension slots arranged in a parallel manner in communication with said receiving space and at least one punch hole, and then mounting said terminal set in said electrically insulative housing to keep said material bridges in vertical alignment with said at least one punch hole; (C) putting the assembly of said electrically insulative housing and said terminal set in a machine and then operating said machine to cut off said material bridges; (D) preparing a metal shield having an opening at a front side thereof and then securing said metal shield around the periphery of said electrically insulative housing.