Method of manufacturing strip connectors
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS IN A CONFIGURATON SUCH AS A STRIP CONNECTOR. THE STEPS OF THE METHOD CALL FOR STAMPING OR MILLING THE MULTIPLE CONTACT CONFIGRUATION FROM A BLANK OF CONTACT MATERIAL, MOLDING A CONNECTOR HOUSING ABOUT THE CONTACTS WHILE THEY ARE STILL ATTACHED TO THE BODY OF CONTACT MATERIAL AND THEREAFTER SHEARING THE FINISHED CONNECTOR AWAY FROM THE BODY OF CONTACT MATERIAL. IN ONE VARIATION THE MILLED CONTACTS ARE PINS WHICH ARE INSERTED INTO TUBULAR CONNECTORS OR SOCKETS WHICH ARE THEN SECURED TO THE PINS BY MEANS OF MECHANICAL CRIMPING. THEREAFTER THE MOLDING STEP IS UNDERTAKEN TO FORM A CONNECTOR HOUSING ABOUT THE PLURALITY OF CRIMPED PIN-SOCKET COMBINATIONS. THE FINISHED CONNECTOR IS THEN SHEARED FROM THE BODY OF CONTACT MATERIAL AS BEFORE.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert H Sand
- 👤 Cecil W Libby
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