Process of making a connector
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONNECTOR UNIT WHICH IN USE CONSTITUTES ONE PART OF A PLUG AND SOCKET CONNECTOR, INCLUDING THE STEPS OF PLACING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTIVE PINS IN A MOULD, INJECTING SYNTHETIC RESIN AROUND THE PINS, AND ALLOWING THE RESIN TO SET, IS CHARACTERISED IN THAT EACH PIN IS FORMED BY SHAPING A CONDUCTIVE BLANK SO THAT THE TWO OPPOSITE EDGES OF THE BLANK ARE IN MUTUAL CONTACT, AND THE BLANK FORMS AN OPEN ENDED TUBE, INSERTING A LEAD INTO ONE END OF THE TUBE, AND DEFORMING SAID ONE END OF THE TUBE SO AS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY CONNECT THE TUBE TO THE LEAD, AND CLOSE SAID ONE END OF THE TUBE, THEREBY MINIMISING LOSS OF SYNTHETIC RESIN THROUGH THE PINS DURING THE MOULDING OPERATION.
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- 👤 Raymond Hickton
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