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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard E Rothenberger, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 66 ; 439 65 ; 439 81 ;
Abstract
A process for manufacturing a housed metallic contact connector (1) for interconnecting electronic devices (17) comprising: (a) stamping from a conductive metal strip (7) a contact connector array (8), placing said contact connector array (8) into a mold, and injection molding directly around the contact connector array (8) a plastic to form an integral housing (4) directly around the stamped contact connector array (8). A plastic housed contact connector (1) forms part of the disclosed invention. Also forming part of this invention is a metallic array (8) with an aperture (11) to more efficiently bind plastic to the housing (4).