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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1997
Iosif Korsunsky, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Alexander William Hasircoglu, Columbia, PA (US);
David Miller, Dallastown, PA (US);
Richard Schroepfer, Thompsontown, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector 2, suitable for use as a plug for a Universal Serial Bus cable assembly, includes a plurality of terminals 4 that are partially insert molded in a nonconductive housing 36. A distal end 6 of each terminal 4 is recessed from the front end 38 of the housing 36. The terminals 4 are insert molded while still on a carrier and a weakened section 14 is formed at the distal end 6. After the housing 36 is molded, a tensile force is applied to fracture each terminal 4 at the weakened section 14 so that the distal end 6 of each terminal is recessed where it cannot inadvertently contact shields 54, 64 on the plug 2 or a mating receptacle 62. The rear of the housing is overmolded, and the insert molded housing 36 includes sections completely surrounding the terminals 4 so that the overmolded material cannot flow onto a housing mating surface 42 or onto a terminal mating section 10.