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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1995
Kenneth L Eichholz, Jr, Freeport, IL (US);
Mark F Johnston, Freeport, IL (US);
William D Lanyi, Freeport, IL (US);
Bradley T Woods, Freeport, IL (US);
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A connector is made by cutting a continuous strip of conductive material to provide individual fingers that extend in a direction perpendicular to the length of the strip. The fingers are individually bent to offset their distal ends from their connective ends. The process defines bend lines on each of the fingers and then bends the fingers to offset their distal ends from their respective connective ends in directions perpendicular to the plane of the conductive strip and along its length. After appropriately bending each of the fingers, a nonconductive material is molded around the group of fingers. Following the molding operation, the connective ends of the fingers are severed from the uncut portion of the strip to singular an electrical connector from the continuous strip of connectors.