Method for producing an electrical contact and terminal board

Claim 1

THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT AND TERMINAL BOARD OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A SUPPORTIN BODY OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL AND A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL CONTACT AND TERMINAL ELEMENTS EACH COMPRISING A BODY PORTION EMBEDDED IN THE SUPPORTING BODY, A FIRST TIP PORTION PROJECTING FROM ONE FACE OF THE SUPPORTING BODY AND A SECOND TIP PORTION PROJECTING FORM THE OPPOSITE FACE OF THE BODY, COMPRISING PROVIDING A MOLD COMPRISING A FIRST AND A SECOND MOLD PART OPERATIVE WHEN CLOSED TO DEFINE A HOLLOW MOLD CAVITY OF THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE SUPPORTING BODY TO BE MOLDED, SAID CAVITY BEING OUNDED BY TWO OPPOSING SURFACES EACH PRESENTED BY A DIFFERENT ON OF SAID MOLD PARTS AND CORRESPONDING TO THE FACES OF THE SUPPORTING BODY FROM WHICH THE FIRST AND SECOND TIP PORTIONS PROJECT, SAID OPPOSING SURFACES BEING SPACED APART BY A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE WHEN THE MOLD IS CLOSED, SAID FIRST MOLD PART BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PARALLEL RECESSES EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE FIRST TIP PORTIONS OF THE CONTACT AND TERMINAL ELEMENTS, SAID SECOND MOLD PART BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PARALLEL RECESSES EACH DISPOSED TO BE ALIGNED WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE RECESSES IN SAID FIRST MOLD PART WHEN THE MOLD IS CLOSED, SAID RECESSES ALL EXTNDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID OPPOSING SURFACES, SAID RECESS OF SAID SECOND MOLD PART EACH HAVING A MOUTH OPENING THROUGH THE ONE OF SAID OPPOSING SURFACES PRESENTED BY SAID SECOND MOLD PART, EACH OF SAID MOUTHS BEING DEFINED BY WALL PORTIONS CONVERGING FOM SAID ONE OPPOSING SURFACE INWARDLY TO THE MAIN BODY OF THE CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID RECESSES, LOADING INTO SAID FRIST MOLD PART A PLURALITY OF CONTACT AND TERMINAL ELEMENTS FORMED OF A COINABLE METAL, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS COMPRISING AN ENLARGED BODY PORTION HAVING A LENGTH SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, A FIRST TIP PORTION PROJECTING FROM ONE END OF SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTION AND DIMENSIONED TO BE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESSES OF SAID FRIST MOLD PART, AND A SECOND TIP PORTION PROJECTING FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTION AND DIMENSIONED TO BE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESSES OF SAID SECOND MOLD PART, SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTION JOINING SAID SECOND TIP PORTION AT A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SHOULDER, SAID LOADING STEP BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY INSERTING SAID FIRST TIP PORTIONS OF SAID ELEMENTS EACH INTO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID RECESS OF OF SAID FIST MOLD PART AND CAUSING THE CORRESPONDING ENDS OF THE ENLARGED BODY PORITONS OF SAID ELEMENTS TO ENGAGE THE ONE OF SAID OPPOSING SURFACES PRESENTED BY SAID FIRST MOLD PARTS, CAUSING RELATIVE MOVEMNT BETWEEN SAID MOLD PARTS IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID RECESSES, WHILE MAINTAINING THE RECESSES OF THE TWO MOLD PARTS IN ALIGNMENT, UNTIL THE EDGES DEFINING SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SHOULDERS OF EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS ENGAGE THE MOUTH-DEFINING WALL PORTIONS OF THE CORRESPONDING RECESS IN SAID SECOND MOLD PART IN AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY LINE CONTACT TO SEPARATE THE INTERIORS OF THE RECESSES INSAID SECOND MOLD PART FROM THE HOLLOW CAVITY OF THE MOLD, SAID CONVERGING WALL PORTIONS OF SAID MOUTH OF EACH OF SAID RECESSES BEING OPERATIVE TO GUIDE AN END OF EACH OF SAID SECOND TIP PRTIONS INTO EACH OF SAID RECESSES DURING SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEN SAID MOLD PARTS, AND SAID CONVERGING WALL PORTIONS FURTHER BEING OPERATUVE TO ACCURATELY CENTER SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTIONS RELATIVE TO SAID RECESSES AND SAID WALL PORTIONS WHEN SAID MOLD PARS ARE POSITIONED WITH SAID WALL PORTIONS IN SUBSTANITAL LINE CONTACT WITH SAID SHOULDERS, CAUSING FURTHER RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID MOLD PARTS IN SAID DIRECTION TO CLOSE THE MOLD AND COIN THE ENDS OF SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTIONS AT SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SHOULDERS OF SAID ELEMETNS INTO CONFORMITY WITH SAID MOUTH-DEFINING WALL PORTIONS, AND FILLING THE HOLLOW CAVITY OF THE MOLD WITH A MOLDABLE ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID COINING ESTEABLSHING AN EFFECTIVE SEAL TO PREVENT ENTRY OF SAID MOLDABLE ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL INTO SAID RECESS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT AND TERMINAL BOARD OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A SUPPORTIN BODY OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL AND A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL CONTACT AND TERMINAL ELEMENTS EACH COMPRISING A BODY PORTION EMBEDDED IN THE SUPPORTING BODY, A FIRST TIP PORTION PROJECTING FROM ONE FACE OF THE SUPPORTING BODY AND A SECOND TIP PORTION PROJECTING FORM THE OPPOSITE FACE OF THE BODY, COMPRISING PROVIDING A MOLD COMPRISING A FIRST AND A SECOND MOLD PART OPERATIVE WHEN CLOSED TO DEFINE A HOLLOW MOLD CAVITY OF THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE SUPPORTING BODY TO BE MOLDED, SAID CAVITY BEING OUNDED BY TWO OPPOSING SURFACES EACH PRESENTED BY A DIFFERENT ON OF SAID MOLD PARTS AND CORRESPONDING TO THE FACES OF THE SUPPORTING BODY FROM WHICH THE FIRST AND SECOND TIP PORTIONS PROJECT, SAID OPPOSING SURFACES BEING SPACED APART BY A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE WHEN THE MOLD IS CLOSED, SAID FIRST MOLD PART BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PARALLEL RECESSES EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE FIRST TIP PORTIONS OF THE CONTACT AND TERMINAL ELEMENTS, SAID SECOND MOLD PART BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PARALLEL RECESSES EACH DISPOSED TO BE ALIGNED WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE RECESSES IN SAID FIRST MOLD PART WHEN THE MOLD IS CLOSED, SAID RECESSES ALL EXTNDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID OPPOSING SURFACES, SAID RECESS OF SAID SECOND MOLD PART EACH HAVING A MOUTH OPENING THROUGH THE ONE OF SAID OPPOSING SURFACES PRESENTED BY SAID SECOND MOLD PART, EACH OF SAID MOUTHS BEING DEFINED BY WALL PORTIONS CONVERGING FOM SAID ONE OPPOSING SURFACE INWARDLY TO THE MAIN BODY OF THE CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID RECESSES, LOADING INTO SAID FRIST MOLD PART A PLURALITY OF CONTACT AND TERMINAL ELEMENTS FORMED OF A COINABLE METAL, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS COMPRISING AN ENLARGED BODY PORTION HAVING A LENGTH SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, A FIRST TIP PORTION PROJECTING FROM ONE END OF SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTION AND DIMENSIONED TO BE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESSES OF SAID FRIST MOLD PART, AND A SECOND TIP PORTION PROJECTING FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTION AND DIMENSIONED TO BE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESSES OF SAID SECOND MOLD PART, SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTION JOINING SAID SECOND TIP PORTION AT A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SHOULDER, SAID LOADING STEP BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY INSERTING SAID FIRST TIP PORTIONS OF SAID ELEMENTS EACH INTO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID RECESS OF OF SAID FIST MOLD PART AND CAUSING THE CORRESPONDING ENDS OF THE ENLARGED BODY PORITONS OF SAID ELEMENTS TO ENGAGE THE ONE OF SAID OPPOSING SURFACES PRESENTED BY SAID FIRST MOLD PARTS, CAUSING RELATIVE MOVEMNT BETWEEN SAID MOLD PARTS IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID RECESSES, WHILE MAINTAINING THE RECESSES OF THE TWO MOLD PARTS IN ALIGNMENT, UNTIL THE EDGES DEFINING SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SHOULDERS OF EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS ENGAGE THE MOUTH-DEFINING WALL PORTIONS OF THE CORRESPONDING RECESS IN SAID SECOND MOLD PART IN AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY LINE CONTACT TO SEPARATE THE INTERIORS OF THE RECESSES INSAID SECOND MOLD PART FROM THE HOLLOW CAVITY OF THE MOLD, SAID CONVERGING WALL PORTIONS OF SAID MOUTH OF EACH OF SAID RECESSES BEING OPERATIVE TO GUIDE AN END OF EACH OF SAID SECOND TIP PRTIONS INTO EACH OF SAID RECESSES DURING SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEN SAID MOLD PARTS, AND SAID CONVERGING WALL PORTIONS FURTHER BEING OPERATUVE TO ACCURATELY CENTER SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTIONS RELATIVE TO SAID RECESSES AND SAID WALL PORTIONS WHEN SAID MOLD PARS ARE POSITIONED WITH SAID WALL PORTIONS IN SUBSTANITAL LINE CONTACT WITH SAID SHOULDERS, CAUSING FURTHER RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID MOLD PARTS IN SAID DIRECTION TO CLOSE THE MOLD AND COIN THE ENDS OF SAID ENLARGED BODY PORTIONS AT SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SHOULDERS OF SAID ELEMETNS INTO CONFORMITY WITH SAID MOUTH-DEFINING WALL PORTIONS, AND FILLING THE HOLLOW CAVITY OF THE MOLD WITH A MOLDABLE ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID COINING ESTEABLSHING AN EFFECTIVE SEAL TO PREVENT ENTRY OF SAID MOLDABLE ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL INTO SAID RECESS.