Method of assembling contacts into housing via respective contact carriers discrete from one another
US11527861B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 15, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/41
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of making an electrical connector includes steps of providing an insulative housing with a plurality of passageways; providing a plurality of contacts associated with corresponding carriers unitarily formed thereon, respectively; providing an external fixture discrete from the carriers; retaining the carriers on the external fixture; downwardly moving the external fixture to insert the contacts into the corresponding passageways to reach their final positions in the vertical direction, simultaneously; and removing the carriers from the corresponding contacts, respectively.
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