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Method of producing terminal for base board

US5259111A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 21, 1992
Grant dateNov 9, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53174
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of terminals each serving to fixedly mounting a connector housing on a printed circuit base board are successively produced by punching a single metallic plate of which opposite surface are coated with plated layers by actuating a press machine. Each terminal includes an electrical contact portion adapted to come in electrical contact with an opponent terminal at one end part, a fixing portion for fixedly securing the terminal to a connector housing at the intermediate part, and a base board connecting portion at other end part thereof. Each of the electrical connecting portion and the base board connecting portion has a rectangular sectional shape while the plated layers are kept alive thereon as they are. The base board connecting portion is plastically deformed to a cylindrical base board connecting portion having a circular sectional shape in the hollow space between a pair of press-forming die halves by actuating a press machine, causing the plated layer to extend around the substantially whole periphery of the cylindrical base board connecting portion. Subsequently, the cylindrical base board connecting portion is inserted through a circular base board connecting …

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