Method for the manufacture of a multi-polar contact strip

Claim 1

Process of producing a multipolar multipoint connector with a plurality of metal contact prongs arranged one beside another, with their first ends bent around the front edge of a carrier, with their second ends projecting out over the rear edge of the carrier, where the first ends of the contact prongs bent backward are accommodated in pockets formed on the bottom side of the carrier, and the parts of the contact prongs situated on the top side of the carrier are accommodated in receptacles formed on the top side of the carrier, and where the second ends projecting over the rear edge of the carrier are bent down as soldering lugs or the like, characterized by the following process steps: (a) the contact prongs (4) are punched out of a raw material as a strip cohering through webs (2), where the prongs remain joined together by webs (2) situated in the region projecting over the rear edge (26) of the carrier (12); (b) the first ends (6) are bent back in common; (c) the contact prongs (4) are jointly slipped onto the carrier (12), where their bent-back first ends (6) engage in assigned pockets (16), and the parts of the contact prongs (4) situated on the top side of the carrier (12) grip by their laterally projecting lugs (8) under assigned projections (22); (d) the ends (10) projecting over the rear edge (26) are bent at a right angle around the rear edge (26) somewhat in the shape of stairs; (e) the webs (2) are punched out and the second ends (10) are bent down.