Patent ID: 8561879

Claim:
A method for assembling electrical contacts in an enclosure of a connector plug, the method comprising: contacting a bottom surface of each of a plurality of electrical contacts with at least one of a plurality of solder deposits; advancing a hotbar toward the plug enclosure so that a bottom planar surface of the hotbar abuts against a top surface of each of the plurality of electrical contacts so as to planarize the top surfaces of the electrical contacts with each other and with an outer surface of the connector plug while being positioned within the enclosure; heating the hotbar to at least a melting temperature of the solder; melting the solder deposit with the heated hotbar through the electrical contacts so as to solder the electrical contacts within the enclosure; and cooling the melted solder while the bottom planar surface of the hotbar remains abutted against the top surfaces of the plurality of electrical contacts so that the top surfaces of the electrical contacts remain co-planar when the hotbar is removed.