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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
David Stanley Szczesny, Palmyra, PA (US);
William V Pauza, Palmyra, PA (US);
James Ray Fetterolf, Sr, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector (40) having a two part articulated housing (42) is disclosed. The connector, intended for surface mounting on a curved surface (74, 76) of a circuit board (56), includes two housing parts (44, 48) that are intercoupled by means of a flexible member (62) that permits relative movement of the two housing parts in a direction toward and away from the mounting surface but is substantially rigid in the lateral direction. The connector (40) is manufactured by stamping and forming a series of the flexible members (62) on a carrier strip (90), passing the carrier strip through a plastic injection mold machine (98) for molding the two housing parts (44, 48) insitu onto the flexible strip (62), and then passing the carrier strip (90) through a contact insertion machine (102) for inserting the contacts (46,50) into the two housing parts (44, 48).