Patent ID: 7026192

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a terminal land frame, comprising the steps of: a) placing a metal plate, which will be wrought into a frame body, on a blanking die and pressing the metal plate downward with a presser die; and b) pressing a plurality of parts of the metal plate downward with a blanking member in the side of said presser die such that each of these parts pressed protrudes out of the body of the metal plate into an associated one of openings of the blanking die to form a recess portion inwardly on the pressed face of the metal plate, wherein said blanking member has a plurality of punches, each having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of associated one of said openings of the blanking die thereby forming a plurality of lands out of these parts and forming a plurality of half-cut thinned portions connecting the lands to the metal plate body.